Search Results: Titles starting with G from Andrew James Books

Zondervan, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st impression with unclipped dust jacket. no inscription, immaculate throughout. The fascinating account of the life of the author of Shadowmancer, one time roadie for the Sex Pistols, Policeman and clergyman.

London: Faber and Faber, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jacket fine other than being price clipped. No inscription clean throughout. A portrait of Charles II and the first decade of the Restoration: A time of glamour and gossip, drama and risk, faction and crisis, from the acclaimed biographer Jenny Uglow. Photogrsaph available, please email. Please note that this books weighs in excess of 1kg and additional postal charges apply. All books posted in bubble and boxed within 24 hours

London: Collins Clear Type Press. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Garth Jones. Undated circa 1930, Collins Kings' Way Classics Series. No dust jacket, minimal shelf wear, light brown boards with green and gilt title label to spine. Gilt top edge to text block. Decorations to end papers, title page and to the text by Garth Jones. Publishers advertisements to rear

New York: Macmillan, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Without dust jacket. Some shelf wear to head of spine and corners with light soiling to boards with paint mark to top of spine. end papers tanned with owners name to ffep. The text is clean throughout and without foxing. The book contains advice on how to care for plants, how to prepare the soil, when to water, fertilize and cultivate them, how to prune, how to discover their pests and diseases and how to over winter them. This advice is provided for over a hundred garden favourites from flowers and bulbs to flowering shrubs and trees, hedges, evergreens and vines. With clear diagramatical illustrations. Oberseas buyers please note additional postal charges will be required

W H Smith, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. With unclipped dust jacket with small repaired tear to top left corner otherwise very good. No Inscription clean throughout. Superbly illustrated guide on a regional basis to selected gardens of Britain that are open to the public, with opening times, and seasonal descriptions and recommendations.

Book Club, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In unclipped dust jacket, no inscription very clean throughout, practically as new. A superbly illustrated guide to the Gardens of The National Trust in Britain categorised historically. Please note additional postal charges will apply (UK +£1.65)

W Mitchison, 1841. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In good to very good condition in places. Very scarce 1st edition with original binding of brown blind tooled buckram with gilt titles to spine. The buckram is worn and rubbed in places and fore edge corners bumped. One or two small splits to the cloth to the spine area not affecting the binding or security of the boards. Ownership details and owners embossed stamp of Dr John Beck of Belfast, neatly to the title page. Some foxing and age discolouration to the pages. 192pp 22cm x 14cm approx. A scarce collection of the ancient music and song of Scotland with descriptive and historical notes. Musical scores are provided where available.

W W Norton & Co, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears but with light shelf wear along top edge. No inscription or markings very clean throughout. A first hand account of the protracted struggle to launch the genome project. Overseas buyers please note additional postal charges may apply

Alan Sutton, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, no inscription immaculate throughout. A second volume containing a selection of rich writing from the celebrated and stylish garden journal Hortus, following on from 'By Pen and By Spade'

Blackwell, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Covers and spine crease free, no inscription or markings, light soiling to edges of text block otherwise very clean throughout. Overseas buyers please note additional postal charges will apply

Duckworth, 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Without dust jacket, gilt titles to faded spine, owners name to blank ffep otherwise clean. With eight black and white plates

J M Dent, 1931. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. In fair condition only, soft cloth covers with school stamp and 'GER II' in ink to front cover, covers are also somewhat grubby. Writing to half title and final page otherwise pages free from marginalia though occasional foxing to the pages. A collection of German Songs with musical scores. Text in German and designed as an aid for learning the German Language

Vernor and Hood, 1801. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. T Thursten. Full leather with gilt decoration, good to very good. Rubbing to spine has removed most of title and decoration, edges are also rubbed. Marble page edges and end papers with book plate, further owners inscription to blank fep. Some tanning to end papers but text largely clean throughout. Volume IV of VI featuring thee plays - Otto of Wittelsbach by James Marcus Babo, Dagobert King of the Franks by James Marcus Babo, and Conscience by Augustus William Iffland. The dates of the three plays vary between 1801 and 1800 and presumably the book was bound in its format in 1801. Each play is accompanied by an engraved frontispiece by Thursten. Text in English. Further photographs available on request

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Anthony Gross. 1st thus, ex library copy in library binding. A good reading copy only. Library labels to front and rear end papers and stamps to reverse of title page. Small amount of foxing to the text with some handling marks to the pages. Pages 40 - 41 appear to have been wet at some stage and the pages have been stuck together, resulting in a small loss of text after these have been separated (see photo). 202pp 21cm x 13cm approx A scarce 1st edition in this translation of the Goncourt brothers most popular title, regrettably the publisher fails to name the translator, Illustrated with a number of full page drawings by Anthony Gross.

Alfred A Knopf, 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited edition no. 1,255 of 3,000. Blue buckram boards with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine.Gilt top edge, Lightly foxed to end papers otherwise clean throughout.

Simon & Schuster, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Di Terlizzi & Black. Pictorial boards with no jacket (as published?) True first with full number line. In excellent condition other than slight puckering to top half of fore edge of text block where the page edges have been wet at some stage, no staining other than to edge of rear blank end paper, very clean throughout. Book 2 of the 'Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles' . Please note reduced postal charges apply.

George Allen & Unwin, 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reading/Study copy only Fair to Good, no dust jacket, boards are damp stained & warped and cloth split to head of spine. Prelims have suffered insect damage in the past. Foxing to edges of text block and index pages. Published under war economy standards. A study of the history and use of language throughout the world. Reduced postal charges apply

Thomas Nelson. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Undated edition circa 1930's. Without dust jacket with light rubbing to edges and fore edge corners bumped. Prize plate to front paste down. Illustrated with four colour plates and line drawings to the text. Some of the line drawings have been partially coloured with crayon but the text is clean throughout. A collection of short stories for girls with contributions from: Margaret Morrison, May Wynne, Dorothy Russell,Ethel Talbot, J H Ambrose, Harrie T Clarke

Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In extremely good condition, and virtually as new other than owners name to inside front cover, covers and spine crease free and otherwise clean throughout.

Brockhampton Press, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket now in protective sleeve. Small owners label to front paste down otherwise fine and clean throughout. An exquisite celebration of the Celts and their treasures and artifacts, including amulets, rings breastplates, goblets and mozaics. Fully illustrated in colour