Search Results: Authors starting with C from GN Books and Prints

Katoushka by Margaret Cameron
Hardback, 1966, first edition, rare cover, published by Hurst & Blackett, 184 pages. No dust jacket but has pictorial boards and a laminate coating applied by the publisher. Seems to be a former library book and has remnants of what might be a library sticker as well as a stamp. Some shelf-wear to boards and bumped corners and a bit of a forward tilt to the book. Browning to page edges with a bit of foxing on the surface of the odd page. Page surfaces generally clean, the odd pen or pencil mark but no underlining, marginalia, etc. A decent copy. See pictures for further information.

Gertrude of Wyoming or The Pennsylvanian Cottage by Thomas Campbell.
Hardback, 1857, with 35 illustrations engraved by the brothers Dalziel, published by George Routledge and Co., London, 95 pages.
Measures around 8" by 6". Indigo cloth binding, patterning to boards and spine, gilt lettering and detail to front board and spine. Some scuffing, marking and discolouration in places but board colour and gilt still very visible. Signs of shelf-wear, bumped and torn corners and edges. Binding reasonably firm though a bit strained towards middle of book. Page edges gilt, a bit scuffed and marked but gilt detail still very vivid. Torn edge inside front of book suggests the FFEP might have been torn out. Some mild foxing throughout but otherwise page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information

More's Utopia & His Social Teaching by W. E. Campbell.
Hardback, 1930, first edition, apparently inscribed by the author on front free endpaper (there is no signature to the inscription), reading: "Mr E. Symes from the writer March 10th 1930" (there is a previous owner signature and later date beneath this inscription); published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Publishers Ltd, London, 164 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/8" by 3/4". No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Slight discolouration to spine. A little marking and scuffing to boards but quite clean. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear, especially at spine edges and board corners. Binding reasonably firm, slight slackness to spine. Page edges very foxed, also browned, scuffed and a little marked. The odd bit of foxing to page surfaces but mainly confined to edges and endpapers. No underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Talks to Little Folks by John C. Carlile

















Hardback, 1903, first edition, published by James Clarke & Co., London, 125 pages + and 32-page publisher catalogue at rear.











Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". Pale green cloth binding, black lettering to front board and spine. Considerable discolouration and marking to binding. Scuffing, tears at top of spine, signs of shelf-wear, bumped and torn corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Split rear inner hinge, textblock detached from rear board, though still attached to front board, where front inner hinge is intact. Page edges very browned, heavily foxed and scuffed. Small tear to front free endpaper. Foxing throughout page surfaces, previous owner names written on front pastedown but no underlining, marginalia, etc. to pages. See pictures for further information.

Selected Essays of Thomas Carlyle with an introduction by Prof. A. Seth Pringle-Pattison, LL.D.
Containing Carlyle's essays on biography, Boswell's Life of Johnson, Burns and Sir Walter Scott.
Hardback, 1909, first edition, published by Andrew Melrose, London, 278 pages.
Measures around 4.75" by 7.25". Greenish cloth boards and spine, a little scuffed, marked and discoloured at edges. Crest to front board. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear but quite clean and colour has mostly been retained in boards. Spine faded but gilt lettering still very visible. Signs of shelf-wear, small tearing at top of spine. Corners bumped. Binding firm. A little browning to page edges but quite clean. Marking to endpapers. The odd mark throughout but otherwise page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, with illustrations in colour by Millicent Sowerby.
Hardback, 1919 reprint, published by Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London, 157 pages. A scarce copy. Seven out of eight illustration plates contained therein - one, the frontispiece, is missing.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 6 3/8" by 5" by 3/4". Green paper on card binding with cloth spine, gilt lettering to front board and colour pictorial plate/label pasted to front board, black lettering to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but reasonably clean. Scuffing and wear to pictorial label. Signs of wear, rubbing and a little tearing at edges, rubbing on hinges, slightly bumped. Book has slight forward tilt. Slackness to binding, cracking to front inner hinge and frontispiece missing thought books contents otherwise intact. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked and foxed. Foxing to page surfaces throughout, heavier to a few pages but lighter elsewhere, though no underlining,… Read More

A print of a water colour of Collingham: a Yorkshire village by W. Carter. A vintage print, many decades old. This print was taken from the book 'English Villages' by Edmund Blunden, part of the Britain in Pictures series. This particular edition was published in 1947 by Collins, London. Very light marking but otherwise clean. Mounted and matted with white and antique-white acid-free card, measuring 10" x 8" (25.4cm x 20.3cm) with a window size of a little under 8" x 6" and comes in a cellophane bag. This would make for a lovely gift and may appeal to those interested in English villages, Yorkshire, nature or art generally.

Natural and Social Morals by Carveth Read, M.A.

















Hardback, 1909, first edition, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 314 pages + xxvi and 2-page publisher catalogue at rear.











Measures around 9 1/8" by 6 1/8" by 1 3/4". Greenish cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some discolouration to spine, some tearing to spine at top, bottom and along upper parts of outer hinges. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped and torn corners. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned, deckled and jagged from having been cut. Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather.
Hardback, 1928, first UK edition, illustrated, published by William Heinemann, London, 122 pages.
Measures around 8 3/8" by 5 1/4" by 3/4". Beige paper on card binding, black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Marking, scuffing and discolouration to boards. Signs of shelf-wear, rubbing and slight tearing at edges, bumped and torn corners. Binding reasonably firm, though cracking to textblock towards centre. Page edges deckled and opened, reasonably neatly cut although a little rough on lower edges. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Some foxing to endpapers, the odd bit of foxing and marking to page surfaces but mostly clean, with no underlining, inscriptions, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
Hardback, 1932, first edition, published by Cassell and Company, Limited, London, 278 pages.












Measures 7 3/4" x 5 3/8". Grey cloth binding. A little fading to spine, some marking and scuffing to boards. Signs of shelf-wear. Very small tear to base of spine. Bumped corners. Binding reasonably firm though a bit strained in a few places. A little browning and scuffing to page edges but quite clean. Page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Hall-Marks on Gold and Silver Plate by William Chaffers.
Hardback, year unstated but published circa 1883-6, sixth edition (preface to this edition dated 1883 but catalogue at rear indicates other publications from March 1886, so 1886 seems most likely), revised and considerably augmented, illustrated with revised tables of the annual date letters employed in the Assay Offices of England, Scotland and Ireland, and a foldout facsimile of a copper-plate makers' marks at Goldsmith Hall, along with twelve plates of French hall marks.
Published by Reeves and Turner, London, 322 pages + viii with additional 24 page catalogue at rear listing other publications by Reeves and Turner. Contains old bookseller receipt, letter pasted on to fly leaf, which also contains bookseller stamp and inscription from 1887.
Red cloth boards and spine with gilt crest and lettering. Some marking and scuffing. Wear at edges and small tears at top and bottom of spine. Slightly bumped corners, a bit torn. Hinges intact and binding… Read More

British Diplomatic Instructions 1689-1789 Volume III: Denmark, edited for the Royal Historical Society by James Frederick Chance (Royal Historical Society Volume XXXVI)

















Hardback, 1926, published by Offices of the Society, London, 229 pages + xlii.











Measures around 8 1/2" by 6 3/4". Unopened copy - folds at tops of leaves have bot been cut open. Blue cloth binding, gilt emblem to front board, embossed detail to boards, gilt lettering and detail to spine. Areas of discolouration to tops of boards and spine. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, tear at top of front outer hinge, slightly bumped corners. Binding firm. Page edges a little marked with age but quite clean on account of not having been read. Some marking to endpapers, a little staining to upper edges of hindmost pages but otherwise page surfaces appear clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Job lot: 2 Signed Jung Chang Paperback Books - Wild Swans, Empress Dowager Cixi
- Wild Swans - US paperback, first Touchstone edition, 23rd printing, 2003, published by Touchstone, a Division of Simon & Schuster, New York, xxiv + 562 pages+. Inscribed and signed by author on title page in English and Chinese: "To Sarah, Jung Chang 张戎 15 Feb. 2014". In very good condition. A little scuffing and slight marking to covers, crease to corner of rear cover but no creasing to spine. A little tanning to upper page edges, some some light marking and scuffing to edges generally but quite clean. A little denting to some upper page edges. Page surfaces generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc.
- Empress Dowager Cixi - UK paperback, sixth printing, 2014, published by Vintage Books, London, xvi + 506 pages. Flat-signed by author on title page in English and Chinese: "Jung Chang 张戎". Like new. Only the smallest signs of wear, might be unread, very clean, no creasing or significant marking.
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The Powers Behind the Prime Ministers by Sir Charles Petrie

Hardcover, 1958, first edition, published by Macgibbon & Kee, London, 190 pages.
Measures around 8" by 5 1/2" by 1". Dust jacket is a little torn and tattered with several small chips out of it. It is also a bit marked and scuffed, with slight fading to spine. Black cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine, quite clean. Minor signs of shelf-wear. Binding firm. Page edges foxed, browned, scuffed and marked. Some foxing to endpapers and hindmost pages. Page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Sainte-Beuve: Correspondence Generale, 1847-9, recueillie, classee at annolee par (collected, classified and annotated by) Jean Bonnerot; Tome Septieme, Nouvelle Serie, Tome 1 (volume 7, new series, book 1).

Paperback, 1957, inscribed/signed by Jean Bonnerot on front free endpaper.

Measures around 9" by 5 5/8" by 1". Some scuffing, discolouration and marking to covers and spine, creasing to spine. Some browning, tanning, scuffing and marking to page edges. Upper page edges cut, outer and lower edges deckled. Page surfaces generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Hibbert Lectures: The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century in Relation to Modern Thought and Knowledge; Lectures Delivered at Oxford and in London in April, May and June 1883 by Charles Beard, B.A. Hardback, 1883, first edition, published by Williams and Norgate, London, 452 pages + x and 8-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 7/8" by 5 7/8" by 1 1/8". Dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering and crest to front board, gilt lettering and edging to spine. Some marking and scuffing, a little discolouration to front board edges. Signs of shelf-wear. Tearing to spine edges, long split down front outer hinge which has left a large flap. Slightly bumped corners. Some slackness to binding, a little strained although contents reasonably tight. Page edges a little browned, scuffed, marked and slightly foxed. Upper edges have been fairly neatly cut. Foxing to endpapers page surfaces, previous owner inscription to second free endpaper but otherwise page surfaces clean, no… Read More

The Queen of Seven Swords by G. K. ChestertonHardback, published December 1926, first edition, 50 pages.A slim, rare volume in good condition, some signs of shelf-wear, fading to spine and spine-edge of boards. Gilt lettering on spine still visible and Chesterton's facsimile signature in gilt on front cover very clear. Bumped corners. Includes pamphlet from the Catholic Times in January 1927, just after publication of the book. Page edges display some browning and foxing but page surfaces generally clean with no underling, marginalia, etc.

Marlowe's Edward II, edited by William Dinsmore Briggs, PH.D.

















Hardback, 1914, first edition thus, published by David Nutt, London, 221 pages + cxxx.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 9 1/8" by 6 1/8" by 1 3/4". No dust jacket. Paper on card boards, cloth spine. Discolouration to spine, some scuffing, marking and staining. Clear signs of shelf-wear, bumped and torn corners. Some slackness to spine but contents reasonably firm. Page edges deckled and opened, though a little roughly cut in places. Edges also browned, scuffed and a bit marked. Inscription to front free endpaper, the odd mark to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Linguistic Relationship between Armenian and Greek by James Clackson [This work examines the evidence for a special relationship between Greek and Armenian within the Indo-European family. It contains studies of the methods used to assess interrelationships within language families: the comparative reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European: the interpretation of Greek and Armenian texts: and the developments of the Greek and Armenian languages. The first chapter of the work outlines the existing methods employed for assessing the relationships between languages in the same genetic family, and sets forward the principles on which such investigations should proceed. The following chapters examine specific agreements between Greek and Armenian, and assess their significance for the relationship between the two languages, concluding with a large-scale comparison of lexical agreements between the two languages and other Indo-European languages. The linguistic material and arguments presented support the… Read More

Methodical Nature Study by William J. Claxton.
Hardback, 1911, first edition, illustrated, published by Blackie and Son Limited, London, 195 pages + xii and 40-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Measures around 8 3/4" by 6 3/8" by 1". No dust jacket. Olive-green cloth binding, black detail and lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Some discolouration to spine and areas of discolouration, scuffing and marking to boards. Some tearing to outer hinges and upper and lower spine edges. Signs of shelf-wear, bumped and torn corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Some slackness to spine but binding reasonably firm, though strained in places. Page edges browned, foxed and scuffed. Previous owner name inscribed to front free endpaper, a couple of pencil characters to title page. Some foxing throughout page surfaces but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.