Search Results: Titles starting with C from The Petersfield Bookshop

USA: Providence House Publishers, 2007. New Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. This is Sam R Watkin's firsthand account of life as a confederate soldier, eloquently captured the realities of war, the humour and pathos of soldiering and the tragic, historic events in which he participated. Although there have been dozens of versions, this is the first with new material and revisions Sam Watkins himself Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Military & Warfare; .

Manchester: Carcanet, 2014. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Minor reading creases to the spine. Size: Octavo. Category: Poetry; Literature & Literary. .

Cambridge University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. Black cloth with dust wrapper. Music scores in text. Focusing on his activity in Hamburg from 1767 until his death in 1788, this collection of essays explores the literary and aesthetic contexts of C.P.E. Bach's later work. It includes essays on Bach's position on contemporary concepts of responsiveness, his sacred music and views on religion, and on the contemporary and posthumous reception of his music. The volume seeks to re-establish the centrality of Bach's music in late 18th-century German culture. Size: 6.7 x 0.7 x 9.6 Inches. 282 pages. Category: Music; Music; General; Composers, musicians & groups; ISBN: 0521836298. ISBN/EAN: 9780521836296. Dewey Code: 780.92. . 9780521836296

London: C Taylor, 1787. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. This is a collection of individually issued examples of frontipieces reproduced in sepia toned stipple engraving, each with a few pages of the work they represent. Each section is paginated separately. The issues could be collected and bound together and the publishers provided a title page for the collection. Thus, the book can come with various numbers of plates included. This volume has 20 plates. Two of these plates have tears, one is only an inch from the edge and doesn't intrude on the image: the other tear is longer and does cause damage to the image. The interior front hinge has had a competent amateur repair using a strip of matching marbled paper. Category: Poetry; .

London: Cassell, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Two volumes in half morocco leather. Leather is lightly nicked here and there and the front interior hinge of volume one is just starting but overall a very presentable and readable set. Size: Octavo . 2-volume set (complete). Category: Military & Warfare; History. .

Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Fiction; .

USA: Taunton, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. With coloured photos Size: Small Quarto. Category: Architecture; .

London: Evans Brothers, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Jacket unevenly faded but overall a very copy. Size: Octavo . Category: Crafts & Hobbies; .

Thames& Hudson, 2017. First Edition. White Binding de Luxe. Fine Condition/Fine. A collector since his childhood, Gaston-Louis Vuitton (1883–1970) accumulated thousands of objects over his lifetime. His wide interests and voracious curiosity were intimately bound up with the future of the family business and with travel. In addition to forming his own collection of trunks – his primary motivation and the one he announced publicly – Gaston-Louis’s roving eye lit upon rare antique travel articles, locks, hand tools, perfume bottles, tribal arts, walking sticks, vintage children’s toys, books, hotel labels, printed monograms and other typographical rarities. Together they form a rich personal evocation of curiosités industrielles, or curiosities of the trade, as he liked to call them.Stunning item full of illuminating stunning illustrations Size: Quarto. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; .

American Book Company, 1886. Revised Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Label has been affixed to the spine, corners a little rubbed,Rebacked by H.G .H Crow. Previous owners Name in ink Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: History; .

Osprey, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. illustrated Size: Quarto. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Britain/UK; 1980s; .

London: Samuel and Richard Hodgson, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Both boards are loose and holding on only by a couple of cords. The leather spine has suffered some damage. pp.53-56 and plate 7 have been replaced neatly and efficiently with photocopies. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Ships & the Sea; .

Legend, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Signed by the author. In protective wrapper Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; .

Jonathan Cape, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/Fair. Size: Octavo. Dust Jacket has small closed tears, but otherwise complete and overall sound.. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Category: Fiction; Britain/UK; 1950s; .

London: Allen & Unwin, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). torn spine. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. slight wear to covers. Category: Natural History & Resources; 1920s; .

Cassell, 1976. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Green cloth with dustwrapper. Spine of wrapper slightly faded. Previous owner's bookplate and very light foxing to text block edges and endpapers, otherwise a good clean and sound copy. Size: Octavo. 187 pages. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography: General; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0304297682. ISBN/EAN: 9780304297689. Dewey Code: 941.08570924. . 9780304297689

Bantam Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. In protective removable covering Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Crime Fiction; .

London: Hugh Rees Ltd., London,, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. First edition, scarce, 8vo., 333pp., part of the Pall Mall Military Series, illustrated throughout with pull-out maps and sketches with five folding maps in pocket at back, red cloth with gilt titles.. 2 holes to front of covers Size: Octavo (standard book size). soiled covers. Category: Military & Warfare; .

London: Hogarth Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition. A collection of poetry from current undergraduates at Cambridge. This copy is a little browned at the edges of the boards and on the spine. The interior has some foxing, particularly on the first few pages and the last few. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Poetry; .

Cambridge University Press, 2005. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Laminated coloured boards. An almost "as new" copy. - Spanning a millennium of thought extending from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas and beyond, this volume takes its readers into one of the most exciting periods in the history of philosophy. It includes not only the thinkers of the Latin West but also the profound contributions of Islamic and Jewish philosophers such as Avicenna and Maimonides. Leading specialists examine what it was like to study philosophy in the cultures and institutions of the Middle Ages. Supplementary material includes chronological charts and biographies of the major thinkers. Size: Octavo. 424 pages. Category: Philosophy; Philosophy; Society & culture; Cultural studies; History. ISBN: 0521806038. ISBN/EAN: 9780521806039. Dewey Code: 189. . 9780521806039