Search Results: Titles starting with M from Daisyroots Books Ltd

MALLEE ROOTS TO NEW HORIZONSCUST, SylviaISBN: 9781863190039,Sylvia Cust Forestville, 1990, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, illustrated from 20 b/w photographs, 87 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to fore-edge corners.BIOGRAPHY, SYLVIA CUST, JOURNALIST, AUSTRALIA, ADVENTUROUS LIFE & TRAVELS45095 hb 51 BIOG/C £10.00

Thomas Harmsworth 1982 1st edition hardback with wrapper, 240 pp, sixteen pages of b/w plates. Nr fine/nr fine. Five years in a German prisoner of war air force camp.

Machine Embroidery: Stitch TechniquesWatts. Valerie. & Campbell-Harding. Pamela.071345797XB T Batsford Ltd, London, 1989, ist edition hardback with wrapper, 144pp including list of suppliers and index, illustrated with 135 b/w photographs, 75 line drawings and 24 colour photographs, Good, ex-library - usual stamps etc, brief pencil inscription, otherwise pages clean and sound.sewing machine embroidery, stitch techniques, embroidery design, stitching, textiles41993 CRAFTS/ TEXTILES £12.00

BP hardback with wrapper. Black cloth / gilt. 125 pp. Illus with colour plates plus b/w drawings, charts and diagrams in the text. Wrapper slightly tanned on top edge. No inscriptions. Internally clean and sound.

KINGSLEY, CharlesMadam How and Lady Why or First Lessons in Earthly Lore for Children Macmillan and Co, London, 1892, hardback with full leather boards, VG+, gilt embossed crest to top board, raised binding and gilt decoration to spine with maroon title plate, marbled endpapers and page edges, illustrated throughout from b/w drawings, 350 pp.Prize book plate on inside of top board, no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright with very light foxing to outer edges of each page, rear end pages also foxed. Boards clean and crisp, light shelf wear with rubs to all edges and corners.ANTIQUARIAN, NATURAL HISTORY, CHARLES KINGSLEY, SCIENCE, GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES, BOTANY, CONVERSATIONAL ESSAYS FOR CHILDREN44676 hb 23 ANTIQUARIAN/NATURAL HISTORY £21.50

MODESITT, L. E
Madness in Solidar (1st edition)
ISBN: 9780765379856
Tom Doherty Associates, New York, 2014, 1st Edition, first impression, full number run, hardback with dust wrapper, VG+/vg+, boards blue/gilt, white end papers, green and white end bands, illustrated from one map, 460 pp.
Boards clean and firm, gentle bump to spine head, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs to top edge of front panel, bump and very small closed tear to spine head, price not clipped. Lovely condition.
The Ninth Book of the Imager Portfolio
FICTION, 1ST EDITION, HARDBACK, FANTASY, L.E. MODESITT, TOR BOOK, IMAGER PORTFOLIO
46754 FIC/1ST/FAN/M £15.50

The Magazine Article: How to Think It, Plan It, Write It
JACOBI, Peter
ISBN: 9780898794502
Writers Digest Books, Cincinnati, 1991, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards maroon/gilt, b/w end bands, 247 pp.
Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, water staining to fore-edge and bottom of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, narrow strip of water staining to bottom edge. Nice, tidy copy.
REFERENCE, WRITING, ARTICLES, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, INFORMATION GATHERING, STRUCTURE, STORYTELLING TECHNIQUES, COMPOSITION, FICTIONALIZATION, FINISHING TOUCHES
LIT/PUBLISHING £14.50

MODESITT, L. E
Mage-Guard of Hamor (Saga of Recluce) 1st edit.
ISBN: 9780765319272
Tom Doherty Associates, New York, 2008, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards red/gilt, yellow end bands, illustrated end papers, 619 pp.
Boards clean and firm, Ex-lib with usual stamps and labels, labels fixed to the clear plastic book cover, no inscription or annotations, sound sqaure binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, price not clipped, protected by clear plastic book cover. Lovely copy.
FICTION, FANTASY, FIRST EDITION, HARDBACK, L.E. MODESITTE, SAGA OF RECLUCE
46735 FICTION/M £21.50

GLEASE, Hannah E. Magic Tree and the Curious Badger (Piccolo Picture Books)ISBN: 0330263323Pan-Books Ltd., London, 1980, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, beautifully illustrated title page in addition to colour drawings throughout, 15 pp.No loose pages, no inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, light rubs to edges.CHILDREN'S COLLECTABLE, PICCOLO PICTURE BOOK, CHILDREN'S STORY, NURSERY AGE, PICTURES AND PUZZLES, WOODLAND ANIMALS44616 hb cc CHILD'S COLL £6.50

Magna Britannia; Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, Volume the Fourth, Containing Cumberland Lysons, Daniel; Lysons, SamuelT Caddell and W. Davies, London, 1816, 1st edition, hardback, VG, recently rebound in green buckram over board with gilt title. 197 pp, includes map and 43 plates . Notable faults: evidence of damp making pages buckle, moderate to heavy foxing on the map and light foxing on the plates. VERY HEAVY BOOK - UK DELIVERY ONLYLAKE DISTRICT, CUMBERLAND, CUMBRIA, ANTIQUARIAN44196 LB2 ANTI / lakes £130.00

Make It a Green Peace! The Rise of Countercultural EnvironmentalismZELCO, Frank ISBN: 9780199947089Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards black/gilt, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 385 pp.Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners. SOCIAL HISTORY, CURRENT AFFAIRS, ENVIRONMENTALISM, GREENPEACE, CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT, PROTESTORS, DIRECT-ACTION, BEARING WITNESS, PROTECT NATURAL WORLD45673 hb 63 SOCIAL HIST/CURRENT/ENV £20.00

The Making of a SchoolROBERTS, BillKirkoswald and Renwick Local History Group, 2009, softback with stiff card wraps, NF, illustrated throughout b/w photographs,110 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. Out of print title. The History of Kirkoswald School 1856-2006LOCAL HISTORY, CUMBRIA, EDEN VALLEY, KIRKOSWALD, PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY45798 LOCAL HIST/CUMBRIA hb 71 £11.50

MOORE, Dorothea
The Making of Ursula
S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd., London, 1910, hardback with pictorial cloth boards (see scans), VG, b/w frontispiece in addition to five b/w plates, 128 pp plus a further 32 pages of advertising 'S. W. Partridge & Co's Catalogue of Popular Illustrated Books' to the rear.
Boards edge worn, bumps to corners, dedication written in pen on front free end paper (see scan), no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, tanned, foxing to numerous pages, top edge dust stained. Good sound copy.
ANTIQUARIAN, FICTION, HARDBACK, CHILDREN'S STORY, DOROTHEA MOORE, MANOR SCHOOL BOOK 2
46468 ANTIQ/FIC £21.50

Hutchinson's University Library 1956 hardback with wrapper. 280 pp. four pages b/w plates, one map, genealogical table. Neat inscription, not price clipped. Some shelf wear to upper edges. Gd/vgCovers western civilisation during the period 970-1215, focusing chiefly on the eleventh century

Joseph Bonnici & Michael Cassar 1989 v large fornmat softback. VG+ Tiny crease on front corner. 208 pp. Illus in b/w and colour. No inscriptions. Crisp and clean copy.

FORD. Ford MadoxA Man Could Stand Up (Penguin 640)Penguin Books, Middlesex, 1948, 1st Penguin edition, paperback GD, 207 pp, mostly clean but tanned pages with slight staining on top edge towards the centre of the book, binding sound, back cover has b/w photograph of the author, covers foxed, spine re-backed with closed tear at the bottom, page ends dust stained, slight shelf wear.COLLECTORS PENGUIN PAPERBACK, FIRST PENGUIN FICTION42971 COLL PB £17.50

HEINLEIN, Robert, A.The Man Who Sold the Moon (first edition)Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1953, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, GD/gd, boards red//black, end papers illustrated with chronological table 1975 - 2500, 256 pp.Boards clean and firm, feint discolouration to front, gentle rubs to fore-edge corners, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean, lightly tanned. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper with several chips to edges and rubs to corners (see scan), now protected by acid-free archive film, original price clipped.FICTION, SCIENCE-FICTION, 1ST EDITION, HARDBACK, ROBERT HEINLEIN, "FUTURE HISTORY SERIES"45716 FIC/SCI-FI/H hb 68 £56.50

HITCHENS. RobertThe Man in the Mirror and Other StoriesCassell & Co. London, 1950, 1st edition, hardback with wrapper VG/gd, brown boards, gilt titles, 280 pp. Gentle shelf wear, clean end papers, no inscription, sound binding, clean pages, page ends lightly dust stained. Dust jacket chipped on spine, small closed tears on front cover, not price clipped 10'6 net. Now covered in protective archive film. This book contains seven stories.CRIME FICTION FIRST EDITION43413 FIC/1ST/H £15.00

Man on the Buckskin (Gunsmoke Western) Peter DawsonChivers Press, Bath, 2002, hardback, laminated pictorial boards, 123 pp, vg ex library usual stamps, looks unused, v slight lean on spine. 41234 FIC western £27.00

DAWSON. PeterMan on the Buckskin0754081850Chivers Press, Bath, 2002, hardback VG, part of the Gunsmoke Western series, ex library copy, 123 pp, laminated pictorial boards, small pen mark and library bar code on inside front end paper, library sticker and stamp on title page, lovely clean pages. Scarce title.FICTION, WESTERN43251 FIC/WESTERN £26.50