Search Results: Titles starting with N from CHARLES BOSSOM

Very Good/No DJ. 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. 5" By 7.5" Tall Printed by 'Brighton Herald', 1934.Dark blue cloth covered boards, bright gilt titling on spine, bright gilt crest on upper cover. No ownership marks. Frontis plate Includes chapters entitled: Footprints of Prehistoric Man Around Brighton; Early History of Brighton; Short History of the Royal Pavilion; Modern Brighton; Hove; Education in Brighton; A Few Interesting Sussex Churches; The Sussex Downs; Chiichester & West Sussex, Eastbourne; Index to Advertisements (14 pages of adverts) 160 pages clean and tight. .

London: William Kimber. Very Good/Very Good. 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo .

Hambledon Continuum. Very Good/Very Good. 2004. Hard Cover. 8vo 185285426X Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. xiv, 258 pages clean and tight. Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.4 x 2.6 cm. How names were acquired, and how they have changed, is a subject of perennial fascination. They are part of our personal histories, defining who we are and where we live. Names are everywhere, identifying people, places, animals, ships, materials, plants, public houses and fields. To understand them we need to look beyond etymologies, examining names instead in their historic and chronological contexts. The investigations in Names and History all involve fascinating detective stories into the connections between names and related subjects - archaeology and the landscape; genealogy, genetics and family networks; dialects and social customs; industrial and farming practices. In them George Redmonds, a leading historian of names,… Read More

London: Hutchinson & Co. Good/No DJ. 1907. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Lge 8vo Oiriginal dark blue cloth boards, gilt titling on spine. Gilt heraldic device on front board. Rubbed to edges, bumped corners. A small amount of light foxing. 391pp. Illustrated with numerous b/w plates. Fold out map. .

London: Greenhill Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1987. Hard Cover. 8vo 0947898778 Dust jacket comlete. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. xxi, 200 pages clean and tight. Napoleonic Library 7. .

Oxford University Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Special members' edition. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Pale green cloth covered boards wth bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. Frontis plate, 5 further plates. vi, 160pp. clean and tight. History of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants. .

London: Georges Newnes Ltd. Good/Poor. 1942. First Edition. Hard Back. 8vo Dust jacket, a third of front cover and spine is missing, price clipped. Red cloth boards soiled and stained. Faded gilt title on spine. Gilt to upper cover. A few spots. No ownership inscription. 192 pages clean and tight. .

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. Good/No DJ. 1914. Hard Cover. 12mo Illustrated blue cloth, faded spine, rubbed to edges. Name label on ffep. Cloth hinges exposed between pages. 295 pages. Publisher's catalogue. .

London: Robert Hale. Very Good/Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0709017871 Dust jacket unclipped. Black cloth with bright silver titles to spine. No ownership markings. 430 pages clean and tightly bound. .

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. Poor/Very Good. Hard Cover. 4to Text in German. (no date circa 1930). Dust jacket only part present in clear protective sleeve. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine and illustration on upper cover. No ownership marks.314pp. Illustrated 1st. American edition. 314 pages clean and tight. .

London: Reeves and Turner. Good. 1930. Hard Cover. 8vo Red cloth with gilt illustration and title on spine. Blindstamped title & illustration on upper cover, gilt worn away. Worn covers. A few spots. 366 pages clean and tight + publisher's catalogue. .

London: Collins. Good. 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Cloth. Fading to spine and margins of cover. Sl. faded gilt lettering to spine. Slight shelf wear to extremities.Light foxing on endpapers. Ex Libris book plate to front paste down. Previous owners neat name on ffep. 410pp + adverts. CLEAN & TIGHT. .

London: J.M. Dent & Co. Very Good/Good. 1963. Reprint. 4.75" By 7.25" Tall Everyman's Librart No 483. Dust wrapper wear to extremities. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine.Slight lean to reght. 303 pages clean and tight. .

San Francisco USA: John Howell - Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Introduction by David F. Myrick. Original plain dust jacket. Original green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 16 pp. photographs and illustrations. xxiii, (3) 228 pages clean and tight. Book in near fine condition. Part of introduction - Newspapers tell two stories. One, of course, is the events of the day as witnessed by the editor and the other is a measure of the activity of the community. Nevada newspapers cover both categories for their establishment records the rise of a mining camp and mark its decline with the editor's departure. It was mining that brought wealth and people in search of it to Nevada. Many of these people had only a transitory interest in a particular mining town for, lacking personal success, they moved on to other ventures. The life span of individual newspapers reflected this momentary interest. True the tenure of papers in… Read More

Uppsala, Sweden: Gebers / Nordiska Kompaniet,. Good. 1963. Card Cover. 8vo The Traveler's Guide to Sweden is a highly readable, informative volume which outlines the country's highlights and includes some of the off-beat attractions. It aims at being a friendly companion, suggests itineraries to suit many different tastes, tells you where to stay, where to dine, what to see- In short, it's a modem guide for modern travelers. .

London: Champan & Hall, Ltd. Good. 1898. Hard Cover. 4.25" By 6.25" Tall Literature Charles Dickens. Hard cover with gilt decoration and titles on upper cover, slight fade to spine, a few marks. Half title. Colour frontis with colour decorated title page . Second title page with b/w woodcut design, with red & black lettering. 216 pages clean and tight. .

Norwich: Becknell Books. Fine. 1981. First Edition. Card Cover. 7.25" By 9.25" Tall 0907087051 NCLUDING A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ROLLINGSTOCK. 32pp clean and tight. .

Readers Union. Very Good/Very Good. 1979. Hard Cover. 8vo Readers Union, 1979.Dust jacket complete. Brown cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. Darkening to page margins. Couple of spots. xii, 161 pages clean and tight.. .

Paris: SANDOZ ET FISCHBACHER, EDITEURS. Very Good. 1872. Half Leather. 4.5" By 7.25" Tall Red leather spine and corners over marbled boards. 5 raised bands on spine with embossed bright gilt decorations and title. Marbles page edges. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's details on first blank dated 1873. 301 pages and index. A beautiful copy. NOTES MORALES, SUR L'HOMME, ET SUR LA SOCIETE, PAR GEORGES CAUMONT, PARIS, SANDOZ ET FISCHBACHER, EDITEURS, 33, RUE DE SEINE, I872, Tous droits reserves .

London: Macmillan. Very Good/No DJ. 1900. First Edition. Hard Cover. Lge 8vo Original red cloth with gilt titling on spine. Slight fade to spine. Corners minor rubbing and bumped. Frontis of Kingsley. Black end papers, book plate to f. paste down. Newspaper article tipped om=nto verso of ffep. Neat name on title page. .Pages vii + 544 inc. index. clean and tight. Memoirs of Kingsley's life by his daughter, Reminiscences of sporting life in Scotland and at sea, catching fish and hunting Chamois .