Search Results: Titles starting with S from World of Rare Books

Plon, 1969. Paperback. Good. 1969. 254 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Printed in French. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Plon, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. No edition remarks. 240 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. French text. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Plon, 1969. Paperback. Good. 1969. 254 pages. Black pictorial paperback. Printed in French. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Paperback is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Tanning to spine and edges.

Plon, 1968. Paperback. Good. 1968. New edition. 255 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Sands and Co, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 1927. No Edition Remarks. 124 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Thomam Nelson et Filios, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 206 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Textblock is in Latin. Volumen Quintum Pages 233-439. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Pencil annotations and marginalia to a few pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

Thomam Nelson et Filios, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 227 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Textblock is in Latin. Volumen Quartum. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

Methuen & Co., 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. No Edition Remarks. 122 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut and uncut pages. Latin text. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Light foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and rear hinge causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Allen Figgis, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 126 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Foreword written by Archbishop of Dublin. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped Jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases.

Allen Figgis, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 126 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Flatsigned by author to title page. Black and white photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Pub. by the Society of SS. Peter & Paul, 1916. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1916. No Edition Remarks. 73 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards. Seven illustrated plates throughout, of which four also have tissue guards. Missing some of spine. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Illustrations are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Text block edges very foxed. Boards have pronounced shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with area of loss to bottom of spine. Paper worn away to bottom edge and spine edge of rear board. Wear marks overall. Moderately cracked joints. Intense surface peeling to rear.

Ian Allan Ltd, 1111. Paperback. Good. No Edition Remarks. 46 pages. Illustrated paper covers. Black and white photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges and reverse of covers. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have light edge-wear and corner curling with minor tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor rolling and creasing.

The Sportsmans Book Club, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1968. No edition remarks. 208 pages. Dust jacket over purple cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with creasing. Notable foxing to surfaces. Notable rubbing and marking all over. Notable discoloration to front panel.

The Cricketer: Hutchinson, 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Laminated black cloth covered boards. Signed by five cricketers to half title page including John Hampshire. Part of original jacket affixed to front and rear pastedown. Black and white portrait photograph stuck to free endpaper. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards assumed in good condition as covered with thick laminated jacket which is quite marked and stained overall.

Casa editrice Francescana, 1926. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1926. No Edition Stated. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. Clean pages. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Notable tanning to spine.

Tempsky, 1936. Hardcover. Good. 1936. No Edition Remarks. 275 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with Latin text. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. Boards have minor rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and heavy sunning to spine as well.

Marvel Woldwide, Inc., 2016. Paperback. Good. 2016. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has very mild shelf wear.

Marvel Woldwide, Inc., 2015. Paperback. Good. 2015. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has very mild shelf wear.

David J Clark, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. No Edition Remarks. 147 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations. Minor thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. Slightly more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has slightly heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Hutchinson, 1960. Hardcover. Good. 1960. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.