Search Results: Titles starting with N from Church Street Books

London: Allan Wingatwe, 1953. First unabridged cheap edition of Mailer's best-known book. Red covers with black lettering to spine, 540pp. Page edges and endpapers yellowing, otherwise book is very solid with unmarked covers. DJ has a sunned spine and top edge, several small nicks and creases and a couple of small losses, particularly 2cm missing top fore corner. Ref:071653. Sixth Cheap Edition. Cloth. G+/G-. 14cmx22cm.

London: David Bogue, 1845. Second part only of two-volumes considered the best account of the Santa Fe expedition. Green tooled covers with gilt lettering to spine. Very nice condition with uncut page tops and protected in plastic sleeve. Some foxing. Ref:06740. First Edition. Cloth. VG/N/a. 11cmx17.5cm.

New York: Harry N. Abrahams, 1987. Wonderfully-illustrated celebration of the first 100 years of the Society from its founding in 1888. Brown faux leather covers with gilt lettering to spine and front which also has gilt decoration, 484pp inc index. Gilt page edges and silk bookmark, which is still tucked in as if the book was unopened and, indeed, it looks unread. There are no obvious faults. A beautiful copy, but heavy and will require extra postage. Ref:071280. First Edition. Faux Leather. As New/n/a. 24x29.5cm.

London: Thomas Kelly, 1862. Corrected and enlarged edition, Volume one only, but has all 56 hand-coloured plates inc. tiger's head vignette on half-title and the often missing "White Negroes". This copy ihas ben professionally rebound in green calf with brown spine. Matching green spine panels with gilt. Marbled endpapers. Lower third of frontis portrait of the Count of Buffon is missing. Text stops mid-sentence at pp680, so there are possibly two pages missing at the rear. But plates are present and mostly in good condition. Foxing throughout. Now a splendid looking copy with some stunning illustrations. Heavy copy might require extra postage. Ref:114804. New, Enlarged Edition. Full Leather. VG/N/a. 21x27.5cm.

London: Macmillan, 1989. Revised and rewritten edition explains the basic methods and principles of history. 442pp inc index. In very good condition with only minor crease to rear cover and very minor wear to corners. Spine is uncreased. Ref:06823. Third Edition. P/back. VG/N/a. 13.5x21.5cm.

Lolndon: J. M. Dent, 1947. No. 922 in the Everyman Library, first published in 1928. Beige covers with gilt, 345pp inc index. Modest general wear to cover extremities, more particularly at head and foot of spine. 0.5cm split at head of spine. Page edges dusty and hinges starting to weaken. Otherwise a solid copy. REf:0932. Reprint. Cloth. G-/N/a. 11cmx17.5cm.

London: Rout and Kegan Paul, 1978. A systematic examination of the concept of substance, 394pp inc index. Apart from small cancelled stamp (cat) and date on title page and the lightest spine creasing, the book has no obvious faults. A VG copy. Ref:081947. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 14cmx21.5cm.

New / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of mind. Card covers, 642pp inc biblography. Covers show only very lightest signs of use with no spine creases. Internally very tight. Some highlighting and brief notes in contents, otherwise text seems clean. A VG copy indeed. Heavy book may require extra postage Ref:103785. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 16.5x23.5cm.

London: I. B. Tauris, 1992. Semi-academic attempt to unravel the history and social context of the holocaust. Card covers, 356pp inc index. Page edges a little discoloured and a couple of page corners turned down, spine slightly sunned, otherwise covers and text bloc very clean and tight. Ref:114666. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 14x21.5cm.

Dublin: James M'Glashan, 1849. All the current tips in the Victorian kitchen from when food was in season, to how to carve and how to make cheese. Light-brown covers with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and blind-stampd decoration to front board, 328pp with several woodcuts, inc frontis of maid in kitchen. Covers have general wear, 0.5cm missing at head and foot of spine, which is faded. Both hinges very weak - but holding. Ffep is missing, pp23/4 loose, very small hole in edge of frontis verso, several marks on covers, particularly rear. Neat previous owner's name on frontis verso and bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Overall a delicate, but intact copy of a fascinating mid-Victorian social document. Ref:093621. First Edition. Cloth. Poor/N/a. 10.5x17.5cm.

Dharamsala, Ndia: Norbu Chophel, 1991. Red card covers, 206pp. Light creasing to covers, but overall a very good copy. Ref:071694. Reprint. P/back. VG/N/a. 14x19.5cm.

London: Caxton Publishing Complete four-volume set on everything you need to know about music. Red, tooled faux leather covers with gilt lettering and motifs to spine and front - and, unusually, in a very good set of wrappers. 275pp, 279pp, 276pp and 272pp (inc index). ND. All four books have the most modest wear to head and foot of spines, which is reflected in the DJs, otherwise an excellent set. Heavy set of books will require extra postage. Ref:071233. Faux Leather. VG+/VG. 20cmx27cm.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. English verse over 700 years. Blue covers with gilt lettering and rules to spine and lettering to front board, 974pp inc index. A few page corners have been folded and a stain on the rear flyleaf has left a small mark on the rfep, otherwise book is in VG condition indeed. Intact DJ has light rubbing to a couple of corners, very light wear, a slightly faded spine and the flyleaf stain. Overall a nice copy. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:093090. Reprint. Cloth. VG+/VG. 14x22.5cm.

London: The Dolmen Press, 1973. B/w card covers, 79pp. The lightest rubbing to edges, no creases. A nice copy. Ref:081990. First Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 15.5x22cm.

London: Cassell, 1952. Blue covers with white lettering to spine, 224pp. Covers have general light wear and bumping to extremities, sunned patches at head and foot of spine and top edges, yellowed, foxed, dusty page edges, gift inscription on ffep. Foxed prelims. Discoloured, price-clipped DJ has severe wear to extremities, several losses and several closed tears and nicks. The DJ isn't pretty! Ref:093043. First Edition. Cloth. G/Almost Acceptable. 13cmx19cm.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1940. Love story in Hodder's Yellow Jacket series, 320pp. Red covers with blind-stamped decoration to front and black lettering to spine. DJ has a couple of neat repairs and some losses, particularly at head and foot of spine, which has led to slight sunning of spine. Ref:071226. Reprint. Cloth. VG/G-. 12cmx18cm.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. Thriller in the Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jacket series. Light khaki covers with red lettering to spine, 312pp. Pink page top edges. Book is very sound with only modest bumping to extremities. Colourful, price-clipped DJ is frayed at extremities with a closed, repaired tear at head of spine. But overall a good-looking copy. Ref:071205. 25th Edition. Cloth. VG-/G. 13x19cm.

London: Collins, 1945. Novel by the prolific Cumberland/East Anglian author. Green covers with yellow lettering, 192pp. Covers have bumping to extrems, but little wear. Page edges dusty and yellowed. Ffep neatly removed and upper hinge cracked but holding, otherwise internally clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:104398. First Edition. Cloth. G+/n/a. 13.5x20cm.

London: Walter Scott Publishing In the Scott Library edited by Ernerst Rhys. Mauve covers with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped device to front board, 325pp. Covers are lightly rubbed at extremities, a bit more so at head and foot of spine, foxing to prelims and page edges and top edges are dusty. A few tiny spots to rear cover. ND, but neat previous owner's name on ffep dated 1905. Book is internelly very clean and tighgt. Ref:082474. Reprint. Cloth. G+/N/a. 12x17.5cm.

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books/ Norfolk Federation of Women's Institutes, 1995. More reminiscences rounded up by NFWI members. Card covers, 255pp inc index with b/w illustrations. Slightly faded spine, otherwise book shows only light signs of use. Ref:082573. First Edition. Card Covers. VG+/N/a. 14.5x21cm.