Search Results: Titles starting with A from BookAddiction

London, UK: English Universities Press, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 174pp, with black and white plate and in text illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards, with black motif and titles. 12mo. Spine ends lightly bumped and very light toning to the text block edges. Some foxing on endpapers but otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some scrapes and chipping at the spine joints and edges and foxing on the interior. From the A.B.C. Gardening Series.

Dornoch Studio, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First (and likely only) edition. 48pp. Laminated card covers. Colour and monohrome illustrations. A spiral of trees at the heart of the Borgie woodland in north west Sutherland brings to life the ancient Gaelic tree alphabet. This volume explores the origins of the alphabet, tells of the traditional significance of each tree in Gaelic culture and the practical uses that Highlanders have made of the timber and alphabet. Beautifully illustrated, with some of the images being the work of children at schools in Altnaharra, Bettyhill, Melvich and Tongue. Oblong format.

London, UK: Pelham Books, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Monkhouse, Bob. 176pp. Green cloth-covered boards; black design on spine, silver titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, all edges starting to tan and fox. Free endpapers and early prelims starting to fox and tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket rear sun-faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

London, UK: Adlard Coles, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 142pp. Blue cloth-covered boards; silver titles on spine. Numerous black and white in-text illustrations. 8vo. Lightly rubbed and bumped spine ends. Sun-faded along top edge of boards; lower corners lightly rounded. Volume slightly askew. Top text block edge just starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, slightly soiled on spine, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. As a handy work of reference this ABC should supply the answers to most of the everyday problems of the short-passage yachtsmen.

Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No publisher details, unpaginated. Quarter-bound in blue cloth under illustrative paper-covered boards; illustrative endpapers. 8vo. Lightly rubbed extremities; wear and soiling to boards. Text block edges foxing. Free endpapers foxing and tanning. Binder's tape repair on first page. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight, baring some foxing to page margins.

London: The Epworth Press, 1944. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 48pp perfect bound booklet in printed card wrappers. Seven monochrome plate illustrations. Small nick at top of rear cover and some visible shelf wear on covers, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Written in conversational style, hints and tips on how to achieve a happy and peaceful way of life. These Epworth Press Wayside Special books are now hard to find, which is shame because their easy style and sound advice make them really quite useful.

UK: George Allen & Unwin, 1962. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 296pp, illustrated with hand lay outs etc. Red cloth-covered boards (a little rounded at corners), and internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring a few mild marks on endpapers. In its original dust jacket (a little chipped at edges and some short cracking on rear spine fold, with some visible shelf wear). Ben Cohen's first bridge book, Change to Acol, did more to 'acolise' the bidding of bridge players than any other book and went into third editions before being superseded by this volume, with its more up to date approach to ACOL bridge. This fast became the standard textbook on the subject. 8vo.

Aeb Rail Publications, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 144pp. Overall very good condition with bumping to corners. Appears unread. Complete with 'wagon Update Sheet'

London, UK: Hodder Education, 2007. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 262pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Very light chipping to edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 4to. Complete coverage of the knowledge and ideas for GCSE Chemistry for AQA, with a strong emphasis throughout on understanding how science works.

Chibi-shi, JP: Institure of Developing Economies, 2005. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 362pp. Pictorial, laminated light card covers. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers, shelf number label on spine. Lender's stamps, security device and markings inside covers, title and copyright pages. Gutter cracked at title page. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: Purnell, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 93pp. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards; photographic endpapers; black and white photographs throughout. 4to. Sun-faded spine, moderate wear to extremities, paper wearing through. Top text block edge lightly foxed, free endpapers lightly tanned. Internally pages are clean, neat, bright and tight. Features articles on programmes of the day such as the first televising of The Royal Variety Performance, drama in Four Just Men and The Invisible Man, Westerns including Bonanza and comedy with Benny Hill and Arthur Askey.

London, UK: Purnell, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 78pp. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. Bumped spine head, torn. Corners bumped. Price on front free endpaper. Internally clean, neat, bright and tight. No dust jacket; as issued. 8vo. Includes articles and pictures on Cliff Richard, Max Bygraves, Frankie Vaughan and many others.

London, UK: The Catholic Book Club, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 212pp. Peach cloth-covered boards; black titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed bottom corners and spine ends. Soiling to boards. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers and early prelims starting to fox and tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

The Strand, London: Cross-Courtenay. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Undated but 1920s. 22pp, stapled brochure. Each leaf of this elegant booklet is printed on a different type of paper, to show off the high-quality paper made at Abbey Mills. The covers are Royal Cornwall paper, it also features Abbey Mills Antique Laid, Basingwerk Parchment, Chariot Offset Cartridge, Antique Wove, etc. With samples of the type of colour and monochrome illustrations which work well on particular papers. Five stunning colour illustrations, including one of Cunard's R M S Mauretania and a watercolour of the Dock Basin, Port of Manchester by Herbert Finn. Coloured endpapers, the rear endpapers showing printing in the age of Caxton against a 'modern' offset printing press built by Waite and Saville. A brochure, giving an overview of the history paper-making serving as a demonstration of the types of paper produced at the Abbey Mills Paper Mills in Flintshire… Read More

Dublin, IE: Abbey Theatre, 1966. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Unpaginated. Pictorial light card covers, stapled, black and white photographs. Landscape 12mo. Some creasing and soiling to covers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: The Great Western Railway, 1926. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. x, 154pp, 100 illustrations by photographic reproduction, 56 drawings, 13 plans, 7 colour plates (inc. frontispiece), colour map in pocket on rear pastedown. Quarter-bound with black cloth-covered spine over red paper-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine; top edge sprayed red. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Boards lightly soiled and scuffed. Spine ends heavily rubbed with cloth fraying. Corners heavily rubbed and rounded with paper worn through. Text block edges lightly tanned, soiled and foxed (affecting page margins), top edge dusty. Volume quite loose; gutter stretched at half-title page (almost detached). Foxing throughout (including pull out map), heaviest towards top edge and beginning and end of volume. With an additional chapter on 'monastic life and buildings' by A Hamilton Thompson.

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Co, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. viii, 276pp, numerous black and white engraved plates and further line drawings in text. Brown cloth-covered boards, bevelled edges, with black and gilt lettering and designs on spine and front. Bumped at spine ends, mildly turned in corners. Free end papers browned, prelim pages slightly foxed. Previous owner's names on front free end paper. 4to

London, UK: Oxford University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 160pp. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt star of David on front, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 16mo. Clean bright copy of the prayer book for the Staffordshire independent school.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge at the University Press, 1897. Hardcover. Fair. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. xx, 684pp. Navy blue cloth-covered boards; blind-embossed borders on boards, gilt titles on spine; bevelled edges. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Bumped spine ends, cloth loss; corners rubbed, cloth wearing; boards water stained. Text block edges tanning. Gutters cracked and stretched, volume loose. Endpapers tanning, loss to bottom of front free endpaper. Lender's stamps and markings on front endpapers, title and copyright pages. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and bright.

Aberdeen Corporation Tramways and Motors. Soft cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. No date (circa 1920s). Some in text black and white photographs. Pictorial heavy paper covers, stapled. 16mo. Sun-faded, previous owner's name on front, chipping to edges and wear to covers; staples oxidising. Annotations and underlining in pen throughout. A series of routes are described - they have been extensively annotated with notes on each tour - on the Southern Tour the Market Buildings are noted as ' Smelly '