Search Results: Titles starting with N from JimsOldBooks

Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2013. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover novel. The story deals with the grim lives of working-class people in late nineteenth century Scotland. A bit like Catherine Cookson's stories, but set in Scotland. Signed by the author on first page ''To .... with Best Wishes from Mhairi Pyott''. 323pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Quercus, 2022. Very slight creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Tales from the author's life in comedy. NOT a first edition, number line starts with a 2. Signed by the author on title page to original owners "To .... & .... Rich Hall". 305pp.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2006. Slight creasing to outer corners of front cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book dealing with the author's experiences working as a nurse in the Canadian Arctic among the Inuit peoples and among ''First Nations'' tribes for twenty-four years from 1965 onwards. Her name among the Inuit was "Naja" which means Little Sister. Signed by the author on title page. 268pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Cambridge Studies in Romanticism", this one looks at the influence of Napoleon both as a symbolic and a real figure on the English Romantic writers, particularly on the Lake poets Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey; and on Byron and Hazlitt. 259pp, 10 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, and the book does smell a bit of being kept in a shed though this should fade in time. But otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book looking at Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington. 350pp, 16pp colour and b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999. Fading to spine and to top edge of front panel of unclipped dustwrapper, also a little bit of creasing to top edge of same. Some water marking to page edges, but otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in French as "Napoleon et la Perse" in 1995, the book deals with diplomatic relations between France and Persia between 1802 and 1810, when Napoleon tried to form an alliance with the Persians against Russia. Includes invitation for the book launch dated 22nd April 1999, and signed and inscribed by the author to original owner on the same date. 228pp, 12 b&w illustrations and a map.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Routledge, 1988. Minor creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of red boards, a lot of browning to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with aspects of Narrative Theory; including notions of the plural voices in the text, speech act theory, theories of allegory, strategies of desire, and more. These are examined in relation to various texts by Baudelaire, which are given in English translation in the text but also in their original French in the notes at the rear of the book. 216pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Watson & Dwyer Publishing, 1993. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A history of Fort Dunvegan on the Peace River in northern Alberta, which was a centre for the fur trade between 1806 when it was built for the North West Company and 1918 when it was closed by the Hudson's Bay Company. Lengthy inscription by Michael Payne (one of the authors) on title page. 186pp, 22 b&w illustrations, 12 tables and 3 maps.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Readers Union, 1964. Readers Union edition from 1964. Minor creasing to edges of dustwrapper, some red marks on front and back panels: this would be due to the next book on previous owner's bookshelf rubbing againt it. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Slightly misleading title: the book deals with the author's two and a half years working in Australia, including working as a governess on a Queensland sheep station, sapphire mining, and as a cook on a cattle station. Originally published in 1963, this is the Readers Union edition from the next year. 224pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hindhead, Surrey: Saiga Publishing, 1980. Slight creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, minor shelf-wear to bottom end of spine and lower corners of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with all thirteen Native breeds of ponies found in Britain. 273pp, numerous b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hassocks, Sussex: Flare Books/The Harvester Press, 1977. A tear to the top edge of front panel of dustwrapper which has been mended with sellotape, some bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at the natural history (plant and Animal) of Sussex. 192pp, 48 b&w photographic illustrations and a few drawings and a map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1985. Paperback edition. A small crease to the spine and slight wear to the corners, a scuff-mark half-way along the top edge of back cover, slight yellowing to outer edge of front cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Number 70 in the publisher's ''New Naturalist'' series. 304pp, 20 colour and 133 b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1965. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover collection of poems by the author. Part of the publisher's ''Phoenix Living Poets'' series. 56pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. Some fading to the spine and foxing to back panel of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to lower end of red cloth spine strip, a previous owner's name and date (1974) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written for children aged around 10-12, the book deals with the legends and traditional life of the Navajo people of Arizona. 124pp, numerous b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Bartlett, Richard C. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Lane Company, 1903. No dustwrapper, some wear to spine ends and corners of red cloth-covered boards, spine is a bit faded but gilt titles thereon are still bright, as is the gilt design of the two authors' initials on the front board. Front page has been removed, some pencil marks in the text, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book in which the two authors dispute the truth of Froude's ''My Relations with Carlyle'' which had been written in 1887 but not published until 1903. 169pp, 2 illustrations showing Carlyle's handwriting.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press, 1999. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper and some slight fading to spine of same, slight bumping to spine ends of green boards, a small tea(?) stain on fore-edge of pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1979 as "The Complete Lurcher: a Manual", this is an updated edition from twenty years later. Deals with all aspects of owning, training and working the lurcher dog. 256pp, a few b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longmans, 1966. Ex library copy with number label on spine of dustwrapper, sellotape marks inside front and back boards, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev; marks on f/ep where paper label has been removed, also a later bar-code label. Some creasing and a few small tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, also some shelf-wear to bottom edge of same, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of pieces by various authors on the Economy, Social Problems and Political Problems facing the (then) Australian-administered Papua New Guinea. 290pp, 16 b&w illustrations, 10 b&w diagrams.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1997. A crease to top corner of front cover, some scuffing to spine ends, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A collection of seven essays by different authors on aspects of the southern half of Italy in the late nineteenth-early twentieth centuries, namely: "Challenging Meridionalsmo: Constructing a New History for Southern Italy" by Jonathan Morris, "The Demise of Latifondismo" by Marta Petrusewicz, "Local Power in Southern Italy" by Paolo Pezzino, "The Southern Metropolis: Redistributive Circuits in Nineteenth-century Naples" by Paolo Macry, "Images of the South: The Mezzogiorno as seen by Insiders and Outsiders" by Gabriella Gribaudi, "Stereotypes of the Italian South1860-1900" by John Dickie, and "The Nationalisation of Politics and the Politicalisation of the Nation in Liberal Italy" by Fulvio Cammarano. 160pp, 5 b&w… Read More

Lewes, Sussex: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, 2001. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Contains instructions for making over thirty different miniature items in Torchon, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire bobbin-lace for 1 /12 scale dolls (about 5 or 6 inches high) in Victorian-style dolls house settings.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Tor, 2004. A very good copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover collection of twelve short Fantasy stories aimed at older children (or are they called Young Adults now?). The stories are: ''Chivalry'' by Neil Gaiman; ''Charis'' by Ellen Kushner; ''Jo's Hair'' by Susan Palwick; ''Not All Wolves'' by Harry Turtledove; ''Stealing God'' by Debra Doyle & James D MacDonald; ''Mama Gone'' by Jane Yolen; ''The Bone Woman'' by Charles de Lint; ''Liza and the Crazy Water Man'' by Andy Duncan; ''Mom and Dad at the Home Front'' by Sherwood Smith; ''A Bird That Whistles'' by Emma Bull; ''The Bones of the Earth'' by Ursula K Le Guin; and ''Hatrack River'' by Olson Scott Card. 256pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.