Search Results: Titles starting with W from Cornish Books

Paris: Anthologie Du Cinema, 1968. Soft cover. Good+. Supplement a l'Avant-Scene du Cinema no 78. Pages 52 - 112. Illustrated with B&W Photos. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893. Subscriber's Copy No. 224. Frontis illustrated with a view of Wadham College from the Print by Loggan in 1675. Illustrations include a Fold-Out Plate of the Chapel, a Facsimilie Letter by the Foundress, in all 18 Plates and 22 In-Text illustrations. Contemporary Brown Calf Half-Leather Binding with Marbled paper-covered boards and Leather Corners. Gilt Lettering on spine and lGilt Armorial Bearing with Floral Decoration on the leather at the front. Top page edges Gilt. 228 Pages, 1.9 Kilos, 11 1/2" Tall. Some edge wear and scuffing to leather. Small piece missing from top of spine and a narrow strip, 3" long, down right side of spine (see photos). Hinges sound & Binding firm. Interesting press cuttings relating to the Wadham Family fixed to endpapers and back of subsciption page. Attractive illustrated Ex Libris Bookplate on back of ffep. No inscriptions. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition. Book weighs over 2 Kilos packed so Shipping Outside… Read More

London: Grant Richards, 1908. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Contemporary Red Limp Full-Leather Binding with yapped edges. Gilt Medaqllion Portrait on front and Gilt Lettering to spine. Red Illustrated Endpapers, front has a Double Page scene from "The Flying Dutchman". Other Stories include: Tannhauser, Tristran and Isolde, Lohengrin; Trilogy of the Neibelung's Rings, Parsifal. Top page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed. Frontis illustrated with a Sanguine Portrait of Wagner, Protected by tissue guard. 298 Pages, including a Chronolgy at the back. 8" Tall, 340g. Small closed tear to folded section of leather at top corner (1/4" long). Gift inscription dated 1908 on Half-title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

Diploma Press Limited, 1974. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Exciting 18th C. Historical Detective Novel, featuring Jasper Shrig of the Bow Street. Runners. 294 Pages, 400g, Purple cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to spine. 7 1/4" Tall. Previous owner's name on top corners of front free endpaper and title page. Jacket has some fading at spine and edges. Not clipped. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Robert Hale, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Highly detailed and interesting account of Welsh culture. Includes detailed accounts of the Eisteddfod and of the Gorsedd of Bards including it's offshoots, the Breton and Cornish Gorseddau, with particulars of the origin & significance of the Gorsedd regalia. Packed with fascinating and little-known facts. Complete with large fold-out Map at the back of Vol. 2. Well illustrated with many full-page B&W photos. Green cloth covers with Gilt Vignette illus. on front covers and Gilt Lettering on spines. Vol. 1, 231 pages & Vol. 2, 492 pages. 8 1/2" Tall, 1.1 Kilos. Some fading to cloth at top & bottom edges and top fore corner. No inscriptions, pages in very good, clean condition. Jackets have some edge wear. Also nicks and small tears at spine ends. Unclipped, original price 18/- each. Set weighs 1.1 Kilos so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Newtown: The Welsh Outlook Press. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. Frontis illustrated with a Photo of the Author and her Dog. Delightful account of a Ramble through the County Describing Scenery, Wild life & Ancient Relics, Illustrated with B&W Photos & Drawings. Folding Map at the back. Green cloth cover with Gilt Lettering to spine. 247 Pages, 370g, 7 1/2" Tall. Previous owner's name on ffep. No other inscriptions. Only the front and front inner flap of dustjacket remain, the parts that would have covered the spine and back are missing. Now protected by clear plastic wrapper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1909. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. St Clair Baddeley. Highly Detailed and Informative Travellers Guide to Rome and its environs. Contents include The Fora and the Coliseum, The Palatine, The Via Appia, The Vatican, Tivoli, The Villas; Borghese, Madama & Mellini, and much, much more. Frontispiece has a Fold-Out Map of Rome. A large Fold-Out Map of the Forum Romanum is attached to the Chapter on the Fora, and a Fold-out map is with the Chapter on The Palatine. Black cloth cover with Gilt Architectural Columns from the Roman Forum on the front, Red Lines above and below continue across the spine and back. Gilt Lettering to spine. Rounded corners. Page Edges Red. 709 Pages, 470g, 6 3/4" Tall. Slight edge wear and a little fraying at bottom corner of spine. Previous owner's name penciled on half title page. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Country Life Limited. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Eigth Edition Revised. Delightful Gardening Classic. Beautifully illustrated with many B&W Photographs. Contents include Dry Walled Terrace Garden, Terrace and Garden Walls, The Stream Garden and Marsh Pools, and much more. Dark Green cloth cover with bright Green Linear Design and Yellow lettering to front & spine. 246 Pages, 860g, 9" Tall. Some edge wear with little bits of cloth missing at spine ends (see photo) and a little loss of colour to to cloth on front cover (see photo). No inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

London: Country Life Limited, 1910. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Edition. Delightful Gardening Classic. Beautifully illustrated with many B&W Photographs. Frontis illustrated with "a Garden of Wall and Water", protected by tissue gguard. Contents include: Dry Walled Terrace Garden, Terrace and Garden Walls, The Stream Garden and Marsh Pools, Rock Garden, Alpine Garden, Water-Lilies and much more. Dark Green cloth cover with Gilt Title on front and Gilt Lettering with a little Decoration on spine. 177 Pages, 750g, 9 1/4" Tall. Spine colour very sligtly tanned. Hinges sound and text block firm. Previous owner's inscriptions on endpaper. No other inscriptions. Faint foxing, mainly marginal on several pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

London: Country Life Limited, 1901. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Edition. Delightful Gardening Classic. Beautifully illustrated with many B&W Photographs. Frontis illustrated with "a Garden of Wall and Water", protected by tissue gguard. Contents include: Dry Walled Terrace Garden, Terrace and Garden Walls, The Stream Garden and Marsh Pools, Rock Garden, Alpine Garden, Water-Lilies and much more. Dark Green cloth cover with Gilt Title on front and Gilt Lettering with a little Decoration on spine. 177 Pages, 750g, 9 1/4" Tall. Spine colour sligtly tanned and lettering a little rubbed. No inscriptions except a penciled Bookseller note on Endpaper. Pages in nice, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

41/43 Ludgate Hill, London: Dean & Son Limited. Card Covers. Good+. Landscape Format book 8 1/4" Tall x 10 1/2" Wide. 5 lovely colourful Pop-Up Scenes with Illustrated story pages in between. Title Page illustrated with Mickey, Pluto & Goofy running for a Pleasure boat to treasure island." First Pop-Up shows the Pleasure Boat, 2nd shows Mickey, Donald & Goofy in te car. 3rd shows a Circus fairground scene, 4th shows a Bumper Car scene and the 5th shows Goofy and Donald playing cricket. Pop-Ups working (one piece repaired with a little piece of tape on the back.) Colours bright. Some wear to cover with 2 creases to front corner and 1 crease on the back. Laminate peeling a little around edges. (see photo). Internally in nice, clean condition. Spiral bound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1928. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Dexter, Walter. Delightful travel book, first published in 1909. This is the Revised Twenty-Third Edition. Frontis illustrated with a Colour Painting of "the Rue de l'Hotel de Ville". Endpapers illustrated with Maps. Blue cloth cover with blind stamped Lettering to front and Gilt Lettering & decoratiion to spine. Fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. 260 Pages, 490g, 7 3/4" Tall. Gift inscription on reverse of ffep. Very slight edge wear. An occasional spot of foxing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

London: Humphrey Milford, 1942. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. From "The World's Classics". Complete Work including the Epilogues. India Paper Edition. Introduction by Aylmer Maude. Complete with Folding Maps. Brown cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 563 Pages, 6" Tall, 390g. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Spine surrounded by Black tape (see photo). Binding firm & pages clean. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Volume I "The Defensive", starts from the beginning of the war and up to 1941. 664 Pages. Vol. II, "The Period of Balance" continues upt to May 1943. 523 Pages. Both Volumes well illustrated with Fold-Out Maps. No inscriptions except old penciled price on ffeps. Some light specks of browning on fore page edges. Jackets tanned at spines and a little on front & back. Unclipped. Protected in removable clear plastic wrappers. The 2 Bookjs weigh 3.2 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1945. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Foreword by General H. H. Arnold. Contents: Fascinating account of the Second World War in Greenland. Part 1,Greenland Adventure; Part 2, The Long Wait; Postscript, Flight East, Life In the Greenland Ice Cap. Light blue cloth cover with faded white lettering to spine. Endpapers illustrated with maps. 127 Pages + section of B&W Photographs at the back. 200g, 7 1/2" Tall. Small strip clipped from very top of ffep. Rear free endpaper removed. No inscriptions except a penciled price on title page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Pimlico, 1997. Paperback. Near Very Good. First book to cover all the major Submarine Campaigns in the Second World War, and to describe in detail the operations of the british, American, German, Japanese and Italian submarine and anti-submarine forces. Illustrated with B&W photos. 560 Pages, 810g, 9" Tall. No inscriptions except old penciled price on half title page. Spine lightly creased otherwise a very nice, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Amalgamated Press, 1945. Half-Leather. Very Good. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) Complete 10 Volume Set. Dark Blue Morocco Half-Leather Bindings with Bright Gilt Lettering & Decoration on spines. Blue cloth covered Boards with Leather corners. Very well illustrated contemporary photographic record of World War II. Many Full Page and small Monochrome Photos, drawings etc. Volume 1 has a Bookplate with a portrait of Hammerton, AUTOGRAPHED by THE Editor "J. A. Hammerton" for R. R.Bath. No other inscriptions. Nice, clean copies. 11 1/4" Tall. . Hinges sound and Bindings firm.No inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Set weighs about 20 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more Piuctures, informatuion or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Staplehurst: Spellmount Publishers Ltd, 2008. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Definitive History of Tunnelling & Mining Operations on the Western Front in World War I - a truly fascinating and little appreciated aspect of that terrible conflict" 272Pages, 460g, 9 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Nice, clean copy. Very light crease to spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, 1949. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Harrap, Phyllis. Delightfulr Edition of the first book of the Barchester Chronicles. Illustrated with 12 Full-Page Colour plates and other B&W illustrations. Green cloth cover with Black Lettering to spine. 208 Pages, 650g, 10" Tall. A little fading to cloth around spine ends. No inscriptions, nice, clean copy. Jacket has a piece missing at top of spine (about 1 1/2" x 1"), 3 very small closed tears at top edge and another in bottom right corner. Clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1893. Decorative Cloth. Near Good. New Edition. Three Thousand Receipts. Illustrated withb 5 Full=Page Colour Plates by Kronheim and B&W In-Text illustrations. Green cloth cover blind stamped design of a Kitchen Range on the front and Gilt Lettering on spine. 728 Pages, 910g, 7 3/4" Tall. Some edge wear and fraying to cloth at spine ends and tips of 3 corners. Ffep removed. Hinges cracked. Small closed marginal edge tear to colour frontis. Very faint brown stain in upper margin of title page and first few pages. No inscriptions. A few occasional spots of foxing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall