Search Results: Titles starting with U from Bird's Books

U.S. Government Printing Office , 1971. First edition. Paperback. Fair. U.S. Government Printing Office , 1971. First edition. Fair. 4to card covers. 77pp. Covers a bit battered. Inner very good. Ex reference library copy with a number on spine & within, pictorial bookplate on front pastedown. 2 stamps inside.

U.S. Government Printing Office , 1972. First edition. Paperback. Fair. U.S. Government Printing Office , 1972. First edition. Fair. 4to card covers. 70pp. Covers a bit battered. Inner very good. Ex reference library copy with a number on spine & within, pictorial bookplate on front pastedown. stamps inside.

London : Herbert Jenkins, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Poor. The Story of Robert Sinclair: Miner. 8vo, pale blue cloth boards. Titles & border on front in dark blue. Certified first edition February 1920. 256pp. Spine partially detached, front free endpaper detached. A fictional story about a miner’s life, his work and his family, written by a miner who started down the pits at age 12. Poverty, injury and companionship within the mining community.

Maclaren & Sons Ltd, London. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Maclaren & Sons Ltd, London. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. No published date, circa 1953. Brown cloth over board. x + 470pp with 104 monochrome plates. Packed full of trade recipes and pictures of cakes & biscuits. This covers cakes, pastries, desserts, marzipan, meringues etc, also taking into account the display, decoration, marketing & novelty aspects of sweet goods. Ex reference copy with book plate to front pastedown, stamps to endpapers, otherwise clean & tightly bound. ***** Heavy and may require extra overseas postage*****

Glasgow: University of Glasgow Press, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. A Study in Growth and Contraction. 8vo, pictorial card covers by Muirhead Bone. 124pp with index, illustrated with maps of Glasgow on the endpapers and eight illustrations by Muirhouse Bone. Lovely and clean inside, slight edge wear to the covers. Previous owner’s name scored out on front free endpaper. This covers the rise of prosperity in Glasgow from 1875, including the quality of life in Victorian & Edwardian times, the first world war, interwar years, the decline of classic industries, the rebuilding of Glasgow, culture and politics etc.

London: Thomas Baker, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo, green cloth boards with embossed titles on front and gilt titles on spine. Xviii + 497pp, plus publisher's catalogue at rear. A detailed treatise of the Papacy in action with some account of the machinery by which the Supreme Pontiff has governed and governs the visible Church. The members of the Papal household, the structure of the Catholic church, historical governance and characters etc. Contemporary previous owner's pictorial bookplate on front pastedown. Endpapers age toned, slight edge wear to spine. Lovely and clean and in excellent condition inside.