Search Results: Titles starting with W from Jacques Gander

London: Sporting Handbooks Ltd. For John Wisden and Co. Ltd., 1953. Hard back edition, Brown cloth with gold lettering. Edited by Norman Preston.1015 pages .Some damp marking to the front boards.Overall a very good copy. no dustwrapper..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1906. Two volumes.Uniformly bound in full dark green calf. Five raise bands on the spines with gilt lettering and decorated compartments.Gilt decorative borders and edges to all boards. Eton College crest of the English lion,fleur-de-lys and lillies, in gilt to the centre of all boards, front and rear.Marbled page edges and endpapers.Translated by Frederic Whyte, with an introduction by Sir H H Johnston. Volume one: xxvii,376 pages. Volume two:viii,377-782 pages.Illustrated with 302 "untouched" black and white photographs by the author.6.75 X 9.5 inches.Both volumes ar every good, corners a little pushed inwqrds, with a few light scuffs and rubbs to the leather here and there.Some sunning to the margins of the boards.Overall both volumes have very sound and solid bindings with firm hinges, no splitting or weak inner hinges,All complete and in good order throughout.pages all clean and unmarked.A pleasing set in a an attractive fine binding.. First Edition. Full… Read More

London: The Technical Press Ltd., 1932. On the title page the publisher's name : "Crosby Lockwood & Son", is overlayed with a label : "The Technical Press Ltd". Orange cloth black lettering, 143 pages. illustrated with photos, drawings, technical etc. 5 X 7.25 inches.Bookplate of The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co Ltd, York Way, King's Cross, on the front pastedown, library stamps of the same on the front endpaper. Spine faded, and cloth a little marked. A good sound copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne Univerity Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1989. Hardback in dustwrapper.xxiii, 226 pages.Illustrated with old photographs, colour plates, and maps.7.25 X 10 inches. Small biro marks to top corner of the front free endpaper. Otherwise a Near fine book in a near fine dustwrapper.The dustwrapper is in a clear removable protective jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: John Hamilton Ltd. No date or edition details given.German account of the air war in Macedonia during the First World War a continuation of "Flying Section 17" following the author's transfer to the Balkan front.Translated by Claud W. Sykes, with a foreword by E P Hyde R.F.C. Brown cloth with black lettering. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings plus a fold-out map at the rear of the book. 196 pages, Very good book with slight page edge spotting and slight rubbing to extremes.no dustarwpper..

Undated. Soft back pale yellow covers, staple bound, text bilingual, English- Vietnamese printed in parallel, 110 pages well illustrated with full page drawings. 8 X 5.5 inches. Very good copy.

Undated. Soft back pale yellow covers, staple bound, text bilingual, English- Vietnamese printed in parallel, 110 pages well illustrated with full page drawings. 8 X 5.5 inches. Very good copy.

London: John Lane,The Bodley Head, 1915. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration.Top edge gilt. xvi, 221 pages plus ads. 5 X 7.5 inches. Very good.. First Edition.

Gibraltar: Ashanti Publishing Ltd., 1990. Hardcover, in photo illustrated dustwrapper. 366 pages plus 2 page index. well illustrated with photos, maps etc.6X 8.5 inches. Very good book clean and unmarked with no marking , no anotations etc. in a good dustwrapper, with rubbing light soiling and a chip with creasing to the lower front corner, top rear corner also with lesser chipping. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Gollancz Ltd., 1993. Near fine book in a near fine price-clipped dust wrapper.. First Edition.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1960. Historical novel set more than three thousand years ago around Salisbury Plain and Stonehenge.Cover illustration by Val Biro,also on frontispiece.Very good book in a very good dustwrapper which is rubbed at the corners and has a little edge creasing. First Edition.

London: Published By Henry Frowde Oxford University Press For the English Dialect Society, 1896. Orginal English Dialect Society publications, No. 79. Case bound in one volume. Pale grey papered boards with gilt lettered black leather title label on the spine, with endpapers. Bound in with the original stiff blue paper covers with title page on the front and Society adverts on inner and rear covers.xvii, 279 pages. 6 X 9.25 inches. Externally very good indeed, inside also very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1922. Red cloth with title and author on the spine in gilt, and blindstamped lettering on the front board.vi, 312 pages, 7.6 X 5.4 inches.The book is very good with the top edge a bit dustsoiled, spine a little darkened, corners a little rubbed.Gilt lettering bright, and the binding sound and solid with hinges firm and the endpapers all intact. All pages clean and unmarked throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904. Bound in full green calf with five raised bands on the spine with gilt lettering to one compartment, and gilt decorative device and ornamental borders to all compartments. Gilt decorated borders to both boards, and board edges. Gilt armorial to teh front board. All edges with green marbling, also to the endpapers. [viii]330 pages.With 100 engraved illustrations by Linley Sambourne.5 X 7.25 inces. Externally a bit rubbed with some cracks starting at the joints. Sine faded. Inside all very good and in good order. Very good. Reprint. Full Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Linley Sambourne.

London: The C. W. Daniel Company, 1933. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front, with windmill decoration on the front in gilt. 336 pages plus ads. Illustrated with photo plates, maps and drawings, 7.5 X 10 inches. Inscribed to a friend by the author, W Coles Finch, on the half-title page. Top edge dustsoiled, and a little spotting to fore edge of pages, A very good copy, no dustwrapper.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition.

Cheddar, Somerset: Charles Skilton Ltd., 1989. This second volume covers the following chapters : The Wey and tributaries, The Wye, Brent and Crane, The Ouse and Tributaries, The Colne Valley, The Lea and Tributaries, The Roding and Chelmer, and South Essex, Notes on maps, Postscript, Bibliography and Index. Brown cloth with gilt lettered spine, in illustrated dustwrapper. 112 pages, 8.5 X 12.25 inches. Well illustrated with maps, drawings and diagrams. Near fine book in a near fine dustwrpper.. First Edition.

Yorkshire: Leo Cooper Ltd., 2002. This is from the dustwrapper: "The extent to which the rules of war, or conventions as they are more usually referred to, were broken during naval actions in the Second World War is the gripping subject of Waves of Hate, naval historian Tony Bridgland's latest work. Contrary to comfortable mythology, unchivalrous or even downright disgraceful acts amounting to culpable war criminality were not the sole preserve of our enemies. All sides stand accused of lapses of conduct which had appalling consequences for their hapless victims. Nor did these only occur in the heat of battle when fear and adrenalin-rush may have confused judgement; all too often here is a strong suspicion of calculated and cold pre-meditation. Thanks to his meticulous research, the author's selection of a wide variety of incidents at sea makes for vivid and compelling, if uneasy, reading. Amid all the drama of action there is much on which to reflect. It is the moral questions… Read More

Country Life Ltd. London 1965. First Edition,C F tunnicliffe illustrated.Some damp spotting to the boards,very good book with a very good dust wrapper with some minor edge wear..

London: Book Club Associates, 1983. Very good book in a very good dustwrapper..

London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1925. Red cloth with gilt lettered spine. xvi, 210 pages. 8 page publisher's catalogue. Illustrated with 16 photo plates and a map on the front free endpaper. Offsetting to endpaper, Very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.