Search Results: Titles starting with M from Keel Row Books

1960., 1960. Single sheet with printed heading & crest and list of entire team and their counties from Captain P. B. H. May to F. S. Trueman, with each of their signatures adjacent, comprising 15 signatures (complete). Single vertical and 3 horizontal creases from folding, and tiny pin-hole at head above crest, otherwise crisp. Signatures of every player, in various inks. A Very Good copy. Complete record of the players in the famed tour of the West Indies, an almost entirely new side who set sail for the Caribbean on December 8th 1959. In their four-month tour they won a series in the West Indies for the very first time, making a historic win for the side; Trueman took more Wicket Tests than any other England bowler to tour the West Indies. The list of players comprises: May, Cowdrey, Allen, Andrew, Barrington, Dexter, Greenhough, Illingworth, Moss, Pullar, Smith, Statham, Subba Row, Swetman and Trueman. Despite playing for rival teams at a county level, Yorkshire's Fred Trueman and Lancashire's… Read More

London; Edward Stanford, 1882., 1882. 12 mo. Condition: Very Good. Cloth-backed folding map in red cloth binding with paper title label to front & advertisement endpapers. Soiled and showing wear to spine with very minor loss at extremities; title label surface worn. One panel of map discoloured. Backing cloth red stained (from boards) at some folds. No inscriptions. Scarce.

Sunderland; Penshaw Press, 2000., 2000. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, Quarto. Volume I ix, 546 pp ; Volume II xiii, 561 pp. 2 volume matching set in pictorial light blue laminated binding. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown of each. No inscriptions. Scarce. Heavyweight, so extra postage charges will apply for overseas delivery.

London; Harding and Lepard, 1832., 1832. Hardcover. Quarto. Twenty engraved plates with tissue guards (complete), sixteen of which are portraits of the commanders including Admiral Byng and Captain Cook and four of which are historic scenes including the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the Battle of the Nile. Each plate has a separately paginated chapter to accompany it. Book Condition: Very Good. Half calf ; original spine laid down over modern leather with patterned paper-covered boards. Five raised bands, gilt stamped titles and decoration, aeg. Leather a little rubbed to extremities but a sound tight copy. Sporadic foxing, heaviest to plate edges; no annotation or inscriptions. Scarce.

London; Military Historical Society, 2000., 2000. Softcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 72 pp. Book Condition: Near Fine. Booklet in pictorial card wraps. 20 illustrations in colour (including covers) plus 41 black-and-white. No inscriptions.

Newcastle-on-tyne; Andrew Reid & Co, 1911., 1911. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. Vii,56pp,61 (plate section with 66 illustrations). Book condition: Very Good. Grey cloth with white-stamped titles and locomotive illustration to upper board. Portrait frontispiece Boards lightly soiled, spine discoloured and showing wear head & tail. Endpapers tanned with tidy signature to ffep. Memoirs of an enthusiastic collector with tips on model railway construction and maintenance, illustrated with photographs from his own collection.

London; J Curwen & Sons Ltd, 1910., 1909. Hard Cover. Issues No. 730 January - 741 December 1909 (complete for the year) bound in red cloth gilt with marbled page edges. Twelve photographic plates, plus advertisements and musical notation in text. Endpapers foxed plus sporadic foxing mainly to plates. No annotation or inscriptions.

London; J Curwen & Sons Ltd, 1910., 1910. Hard Cover. Isuues No. 742 January - 753 December 1910 (complete for the year) bound in red cloth gilt with marbled page edges. Twelve plates (one double-sided) plus advertisements and musical notation in text. Foxing largely confined to endpapers. No annotation or inscriptions.

Monaco; Les Editions De L'Imprimerie Nationale, 1953., 1953. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. 214 pp. Book Condition: Very Good. Original green cloth with gilt titles. Cloth sunned to spine with bumped lower corners and small stains to upper board. Endpapers toned otherwise very clean internally. Gift inscription from the Author to ffep with his signature and date 1966. Scarce.

London, MX Publishing, 2015-2018., 2015. Mass Market Paperback. 12 volume complete set. Softcover octavo excepting Part IV; pp., [16], 441; [16], 421, [18], 415; [12], 475; [18], 451; [18], 675; [20], 463; [20], 571; [20], 373; [20], 411; [24], 409; [24], 421. 11 volumes in pictorial card wraps; Part IV in plain blue cloth with pictorial dust-jacket matching the card wraps. Clean copies; no annotation or inscriptions. Near Fine (and Part IV Near Fine in like jacket). Each volume features new traditional Sherlock Holmes stories by various authors from around the world, all set within the correct time period and representing some of the finest new Holmesian storytelling. Scarce, particularly as a complete set. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Sheldon Press, 1933., 1933. Hardcover. Ernest Prater. 191 pp. Colour frontispiece; 16 page Sheldon Press catalogue to rear. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Good. Decorative beige cloth binding with dark brown titles and illustrations in pictorial dust-jacket. A few nicks & creases to jacket and small loss head of spine (up to 4 cm at maximum). Undated but tidy Sunday School Prize inscription to ffep dated 1933. Sporadic minor foxing mainly to endpapers/page edge; tanning to pre-title.

New York; Marvel Worldwide Inc., 2016., 2016. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION THUS. Slim quarto, pp. 429, [11]. Colour cartoon-strip illustrations throughout. Publishers' laminated pictorial soft card wraps. An extremely neat & tidy copy with no annotations or inscriptions, appears unread; Fine condition. Collection covering all 19 issues, with additional Incredible Hulk stories and bonus artwork section to rear. Includes issues entitled Kill Me or Cure Me, Byte of the Binary Bug & Jolted by the Jack O'Lantern. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas postage.

London; Windrow & Greene, 1997., 1997. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp 128. Illustrated throughout with over 250 colour photographs. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A Near Fine copy in like jacket; no annotation or inscriptions. Detailed study including photograph sequences showing the weapons firing in trials using ball ammunition accompanied by accounts of each weapon's historical and technical background. Second title in Windrow & Greene's Live Firing series.

1929., 1929. Hardcover. Quarto. 127, [1], pp 327-399 ; six colour plates to rear. Book Condition: Near Fine. Plain green cloth with gilt titles to spine; no publisher stated [Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen]. A very clean copy indeed; no annotation or inscriptions. Supplementary volume to update the 1909 Macrolepidoptera of the World with recently discovered specimens plus Addenda to Supplementary Volume 1 (1931) bound-in. Subjects covered include Papilio and Thais by Dr K Von Rosen, Parnassus, Peiris and Colias by Chr Bollow. Scarce - at time of writing no copies were available on sale or on COPAC.

London; Vizetelly & Co., 1888., 1888. Hard Cover. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo. pp. 336. Publishers' dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and red to upper board, and red ruled decorative bands to spine and boards. Floral endpapers. Edition slip bound-in to fore. Cover cloth a little rubbed, mainly to spine tips. Leaves lightly toned; no annotation or inscriptions. A very Good copy. Zola's fourth novel, of obsession, marriage and suicide. Scarce.

Norfolk/Virginia Beach; Donning Company, 1997 & 1998., 1997. Hard Cover. SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONS: each of only 1500 copies. Volumes One and Two 1997, Volume Three 1998. Matching set in harlequin colours. Quarto, unpaginated with colour comic-strip illustrations throughout. Green, red and white faux leather bindings with gilt titles to spine and upper boards, each housed in colour appropriate matching slipcase, with gilt titles to upper face Volume One and others plain. Clean bright copies, each with pictorial Limitation plate to front paste-down signed by the Author. Slipcases lightly scuffed with very minor staining to one face of white case. Near Fine in Very Good slipcases. The three first volumes of Mage: The Hero Discovered. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; L. Davenport & Co. Ltd., circa [1950]., 1950. Softcover octavo, pp. [4], unpaginated. Monochrome diagrams throughout. Single sheet. Creasing to edges; Very Good condition Demon No. 2 book catalogue from Davenport's, the world's oldest family run magic shop (established in 1898), including adverts for Hey Presto by Norman Hunter and Club Magic by Bert Douglas.

London; Robert Culley, 1908., 1908. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 335, [1]. 6 plates including frontispiece with tissue guard. Publishers' decorative maroon cloth with gilt titles and art nouveau design in green to spine and upper board' top edge gilt. Spine a little toned, and rubbed at tips; corners and fore-edge slightly bruised. Free endpapers tanned with two ownership inscriptions to ffep, and a few leaves roughly opened, otherwise contents clean. A Very Good copy. Historical novel set amongst the monastic community at Tynemouth in the seventh century. Scarce.

London; Hamish Hamilton, 1966., 1966. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 143, [1]. Publishers' cornflower blue cloth with silver titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ken Reilly. Spine tips very slightly rubbed otherwise a clean bright copy with no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket a little toned to white panels, with very minor loss at spine tips and folds. Near Fine in very good jacket. A novel featuring the French detective, in which he has to clear his name of a false accusation, and his reputation is on the line. Translated from the French by Alastair Hamilton.

Newcastle Upon Tyne; Harold Hill & Son Ltd, 1964., 1964. Softcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 28 pp. Book Condition: Very Good. Yellow stapled card wraps. Covers lightly sunned to spine and surface soiled. Small crease across lower corner otherwise very clean internally; no annotation or inscriptions. Collection of verses and stories in Geordie dialect; subjects include "Somebody y' knaa", "Canny Shields" and "A Torkish Bath". Scarce.