Search Results: Authors starting with J from Cornell Books Limited

London: Hampton & co, 1894. First edition (hardback). 8vo (20cm by 16cm), 44pp. Text illustrations throughout. Original red cloth spine, printed red boards. The binding is rubbed, and the endpapers are browned; overall, this book is in good plus condition.

Lympne Castle: Harry Margary, 1986. First edition (hardback), volume 4, covering central England. 4to (35cm by 26cm), lxiv, 96 pages of maps. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrappe are in very good condition. High-quality reproductions of sheets 7, 13, 34, 35, 43-46 and 52-55 of the old series of the ordnance survey, covering the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire, and parts of the surrounding counties. The editors used the earliest copies of the maps they could get their hands on; in this volume the maps were published between 1822 and 1835. ISBN 0903541041

Lympne Castle: Harry Margary, 1991. First edition (hardback), volume 8 (Northern England). 4to (34cm by 25cm), lxxii, 125 pages of maps. Original blue cloth, but lacks the dustwrapper. This book was formerly in a reference library, with a couple of discreet stamps, but the book is nonetheless in good to very good condition overall. High-quality reproductions of sheets 91-110 of the old series of the ordnance survey, covering England north of the Preston-Hull line, plus the Isle of Man. The editors used the earliest copies of the maps they could get their hands on; in this volume the maps were published between 1847 and 1874. Volume 8 is the rarest volume in the series; it has been rumoured that much of the stock was destroyed in a warehouse fire, and it certainly went out of print extremely quickly. ISBN 0903541459

Lympne Castle: Harry Margary, 1991. First edition (hardback), volume 8 (Northern England). 4to, lxxii. 125 pages of maps. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. Minor foxing to the leading edge of the text block, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is near-VG (some foxing). High-quality reproductions of sheets 91-110 of the old series of the ordnance survey, covering England north of the Preston-Hull line, plus the Isle of Man. The editors used the earliest copies of the maps they could get their hands on; in this volume the maps were published between 1847 and 1874. Volume 8 is the rarest volume in the series; it has been rumoured that much of the stock was destroyed in a warehouse fire, and it certainly went out of print extremely quickly. ISBN 0903541459

London: The Studio Limited, 1927. First edition (hardback). 4to (29cm by 24cm), vii, 54pp. 81 plates (including 8 in colour). Original white parchment spine, marbled boards, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. The binding is a little rubbed, the corners of the boards are worn, there is some minor foxing of the endpapers, and a a couple of the tissue protectors are creased. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition.

London: H B Mays & sons, no date [c. 1910]. Third edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 128pp + adverts. Frontispiece, text illustrations. Original green cloth. Light bumping to the corners of the boards, endpapers foxed; overall, this book is in good plus condition.

Oxford Publishing Co, 1980. First edition (hardback). 4to (28cm by 22cm), c. 100pp. 160 b&w illustrations. Original burgundy cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is near-VG (slight creasing of the edges). ISBN 0860930629

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969. Third impression of the second edition (softcover). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), 96pp. Text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. Minor spotting of the endpapers, else this book is in very good condition.

The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1994. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 18cm), xxiii, 163pp. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. Gloucestershire Record Series, volume 7. ISBN 090019739X

London: Mantle, 2014. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xiv, 642pp. Original purple cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 9780230744196

Winchester: Herbert Curnow, [1948]. First edition (softcover). 12mo (20cm by 13cm), 36pp. Text illustrations by A M Hughes. Original printed brown card wrappers. There is some rubbing of the covers, and a light crease to the front cover; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1994. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 18cm), xxiii, 163pp. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in as-new condition; the dustwrapper is very good (slightly rubbed). Gloucestershire Record Series, volume 7. ISBN 090019739X

London: G Morrish, [1925]. No edition stated. Small 8vo, viii, 166pp, 2pp adverts. Frontispiece and 5 plates. Original decorated blue cloth. Binding lightly rubbed, some staining of the rear board, lacks the front free endpaper, endpapers foxed. Overall, this copy is in good condition.

Yeovil: Patrick Stephens, 1994. Reprint (softcover). 8vo (23cm by 18cm), 144pp. Text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. Light creasing of the front cover, else this book is in very good condition. ISBN 1852601736

Bromley Common : the Omnibus Society, 1982. First edition (softcover). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), 25pp. Text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. Slight rubbing of the front cover, else this book is in very good condition. ISBN 0901307416

London: printed for B Crosby and co (etc), 1808. First edition (hardback). 8vo, half-title, title, xvi, 364pp, (2pp). 5 engraved plates (correct as per list) plus 3 folding tables. Recently rebound in half black speckled cloth, marbled boards, contrasting morocco title labels to the spine with gilt titling. Ownership inscription to the half-title, some minor scuffing and marking of the preliminary pages, but this copy is generally in very good condition overall.

London: Ian Allan, 1968. Fifth edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), x, 242pp. Plates, folding map. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The top edge of the text block is slightly dusty, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition.

Salisbury [MD]: Historical Books Inc, 1982. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), vii, 274pp. Text illustrations. Original burgundy cloth, dustwrapper. Some spotting of the boards and the endpapers, else the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good minus condition (repaired tear to the front panel, some rubbing). Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. A history of the town of Salisbury in Maryland, USA.

Malta: Progress Press, 1992. First edition (softcover). 8vo (25cm by 18cm), 140pp. Text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. Short ownership inscription, else this book is in very good condition. ISBN 0907930514

Melbourne: Lothian Publishing Company, 1988. Softcover. 8vo (23cm by 16cm), vii, 212pp. Text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. ISBN 0850912822