Search Results: Titles starting with H from Church Street Books

London: Constable, 1917. Verse in Scottish dialect with an introduction by Andrew Lang. Blue/grey covers with gilt lettering to front board and spine and gilt and green stamped vignette of a walker on front upper board, 139pp inc glossary with b/w illustrations and rough-cut fore and lower edges. Covers are generally worn and rubbed at edges and extremities. Front hinge is weakening and binding is loose in a couple of places.Page edges are dusty and foxed, as are many pages. Ref:082393. First Illustrated Edition. Cloth. G-/N/a. Illus. by A. S. Boyd. 17.5x22cm.

Kettering, Northants: Past and Present Publishing, 2000. Rediscovering railways in the Railway Heritage from the Nostalgia Collection series. A pictorial (b/w) history of the area's railways. Card covers, 96pp inc index. Book shows only the llightest signs of use. Ref:082647. First Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 17x24cm.

London: Walton and Maberley, 1856. Victorian view of the physial world, first of four companion volumes. Brown covers with gilt and gilt emblem on upper board, blind-stamped decoration on upper and lower boards, 403pp inc index plus 4pp adverts, with 357 engravings. Covers have moderate wear and rubbing, upper joint splitting, tiny losses at head and foot of spine. Binding weak at one point, but holding, lower hinge starting to crack. Damp marks on covers and prelims. Dusty, edges and foxed prelims. Name on first page of text (dated 1858) has been crossed out with the same pen. Otherwise internally reasonably clean. Ref:103928. Buckram. G-/n/a. 12x19cm.

London: HMSO, 1960. Book produced for the Air Ministry and the Meteorological Office for pilots and navigators taking intermediate and advancd flying training. Sound copy with bumping at corners and top and bottom of spine with 1cm split at foot of spine. Neat previous owner's name on ffep. Internally very good.No DJ. Ref:06387. Presumed 1st Edition. Cloth. N/A. 15.5cmx23.5cm.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960. Comprehensive work on meteorology prepared for pilots and navigators at flying training schools. Brown covers with gilt on spine (slightly faded) and upper cover, 404pp inc index with one bloc of b/w and colour plates and two fold-out graphs. Covers have mild shelfwear and bumping. Dusty, yellowed page edges. Binding starting to weaken in a couple of places, but holding well. No DJ. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:114962. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/N/a. 15.5x24.5cm.

California: Sage Publications, 1998. A complete resource to guide decisions on applied research questions. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine, 580pp inc index and contributors' biogs. Book has no obvious faults. DJ has several light scratches on back, otherwise a very nice, sound copy. Heavy book will require extra postage. Ref:07828. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. VG++/VG+. 18.5cmx26.5cm.

London: Methuen, 1963. Based on the original 1854 edition. Red covers with white lettering, 782pp with 51 woodcuts and 17 colour illustrations, inc frontis. Covers have very little wear, slightly bumped head and foot of spine, dusty, yellowing page edges, otherwise internally very clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has very little wear and is in a protective jacket. Ref:104567. Reprint. Cloth. VG/VG. Illus. by John Leech. 12x18cm.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. Kavanagh's second novel inscribed "To Pat from Patrick Sept 1972" on ffep and also signed on title page. Orange covers with gilt lettering to spine, 227pp. Covers have lightly bumped corners, dusty page edges and top fore corners of four leaves (pp177-184) have been badly cut in production. Intact DJ has modest wear to extremities and sunning to spine and top edges. But overall a very decent copy. Ref:082666. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/VG-. 13.5cmx20.5cm.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1993. First edition of Higson's second novel, in original card covers with DJ, both in good condition. Page edges a little grubby and book slightly cocked. Ref:06437. First Edition. VG/VG. 13.5cmx21cm.

London: George Routledge, 1877. Knebworth edition, green covers with gilt on spine and upper board with blind-stamped rules on both boards, 505pp inc notes, plus 6pp adverts. Modest wear and bumping to cover extrems, more to head and foot of spine. Hinges cracked but holding well. Dusty page edges foxed, as are prelims. Quote on book care from Walter Scott on ffep, followed by plea not to read this copy near the fire, from a previous owner. That owner's name (dated 1878) also on ffep. Ref:104201. Knebworth Edition. Cloth. VG-/N/a. 13x19.5cm.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1985. Green covers with gilt, unpaginated, with b/w illustrations. Book has modest bumping to extrems, but almost no wear. Dusty, slightly grubby page edges, otherwise internally clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has similar, modest signs of use. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:104018. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/VG-. 21x26.5cm.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. Clean, tight ex-library copy with minimal usual stams and ffep missing. Vedry clean DJ. Ref: 06497. First Edition. Faux Leather. Good+/VG. 14x22cm. Ex-Library.

London: Oxford University Press, 1968. New Clarendon Bible (vol. three) covers the central period of the Old Testament. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-school library book in very sound condition with library stamp on ffep with previous owner's sticker. Library stamp to rear endpapers and evidence of sticker removal. Annotation in corner of half-title and reference to author on title page. Includes loose letter signed by author. DJ is intact and in protective plastic sleeve, but has library markings and evidence of sticky tape removal at edges. Overall a very sound copy. Ref:06720. Reprint. Cloth. VG/G+. 13cmx19cm.

Peterborough: Minimax Books, 1981. Large format, stapled booklet on crafts inc. slate etching, featherwork, osier weaving and lovage. First edition, card covers, 64pp, profusely illustrated in b/w. Book has light wear to edges and small mark on rear cover from removal of sticker. But overall a VG copy. Ref:082560. First Edition. Card Covers. VG+/N/a. Illus. by Malcolm Walker (line drawings), Nick Pen and Geoffrey Dixon (photography). 21cmx29.5cm.

London: Hodder and Stoughton The women from Meredith's books with Bedford's delightful portraits (20) tipped in with tissue guards, 166pp. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine and lettering and decoration to front, presumed first but ND. Upper front board has oval portrait of Diana Warwick (Diana of the Crossways). Gilt top page edges. Scuffing to extremities of covers with a few light marks and tiny nick to edge of oval portrait. Foxing, a neat gift inscription on front pastedown (dated 1923) and frontis tissue guard is torn. But a very solid copy in generally good condition. Ref:071603.. Cloth. G++/N/a. Illus. by Herbert Bedford. 21x27cm.

London: Constable, 1931. Perfect-bound publisher's uncorrected proof and 1st UK edition. Yellow covers with black lettering on spine and upper cover, 320pp. Covers have general wear to extrems, small, repaired split at head of upper joint and a couple of tiny nicks, spine darkened. Covers are generally a bit grubby with address on lower cover. Page edges grubby and stained in places, text-bloc staples a little rusty. Otherwise internally clean and solid. Ref:114699. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Card Covers. Good/N/a. 12.5x19.5cm.

Shepperton, Surey: Ian Allan, 1996. Blackpool's trams in the second half of last century. Landscape book with illustrated board covers. Lavishly illustrated 79pp in the "Heyday" series. Book has no obvious faults. Ref:071082. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. VG++/N/a. 24.5x19cm.

Norfolk: Self-published Self-published 28pp (not paginated) of poetry with author photograph frontispiece. First edition signed on title page. Minor grubby marks on rear cream cover, otherwise in very nice conditipon. Ref:061003. Signed by Author. First Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 15cmx21cm.

Bengal: Vidyamandira Dhakuria, 1944. Introduction to the study of Hinduism. Published in conformity with the Indian government paper control order of 1944. Blue covers with gilt lettering to front board, 229pp inc index. Covers have light wear at extremities and a couple of small marks. Prelims foxed and there is a small nick on ffep, which also has the stamp of a Madras bookseller. Page edges dusty, otherwise internally clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:093206. First Edition (?). Cloth. VG-/N/a. 13x18.5cm.

London: A Strahan, and T Cadell and E Balfour, 1796. Volume three only of the three-volume seventh edition in full leather with gold bands and decoration to spine. Gilt title has faded. Ffep is almost detached and carries neat previous owner's inscription dated 1800. Fold-out chart of Aztec/Mayan sumbols intact but with a some creasing and two closed (5cm) tearsat rear. Backof chart, last page and endpaper muddied. Corners and edges scuffed, but still an attractive book. Ref:06861. Seventh Edition. Full-Leather. Good/N/a. 13.5x21.5cm.