Search Results: Titles starting with O from Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA

Grant Richards Limited, 1916. 1st Edition. Softcover. VG. 1st Separate Edition. 15.2 x 21 cm paper wraps with yapped edges, unpaginated [48]with decorative capital letters and 4 illustrations by Albert Buhrer. Toning to the wraps with rubbing to the spine tips, corners and edges. Minor loss to the spine tips of up to 3mm, a little creasing to the corners and yapped edges. There is a 2 cm split to the top joint of the front wrap and 0.5 cm on the top edge of the front cover. Internally, there is a stamped ownership name to the first page but otherwise the pages are clean. The book is now protected in a rigid, clear, removable cover. A lovely copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Devambez, nd (1908) 1908. 1st Edition. VG. DE LOSQUES. First Edition. 17.3 x 20 cm card chemise with illustrations to the front and rear and original ties, containing a 20pp advertising pamphlet produced for Quina-Laroche (a medicinal drink) with testimonials from 10 actresses concerning its efficacy. Also contained within the chemise are 10 colour plates of the actresses by de losques. Rubbing to spine and edges of the chemise and some toning and marking with a couple of scuffs on the rear board. Internally, the loose colour plates are clean and bright and the text pages have just a little uniform toning although the cotton that tied them to the chemise has perished. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Colt Books, 1997. 1st Edition. Softcover. NF. LAWRENCE, John. First Edition. 13.5 x 21.3 paper back [viii] 215 [1]pp. A collection of 26 folk tales from East Anglia retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland each illustrated by John Lawrence. Signed and inscribed by both author and illustrator to the title page to fellow writers Jill Paton Walsh and John Rowe Townsend. A near fine book and excellent collection of folk tales. Unusual as a signed book. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Greenwillow Books, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. LOBEL, Anita. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 20.7 x 25.5 cm grey cloth backed blue paper covered boards with title blind stamped titles to the front and gilt stamped titles to the spine. Grey endpapers, unpaginated (38) with colour illustrations on every page. The book is signed and dated April 14 1981 by the illustrator Anita Arnold, to the title page. The book is in its original unclipped jacket which is now protected in a removable clear jacket (not shown). A fine book in a near fine jacket with just a hint of dust staining. A really lovely signed copy of this Caldecott Honour alphabet book inspired by Lobel's 1977 poster for Children's Book Week. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Ernest Nister, nd [1890] 1890. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG++. First Thus 17.5 x 23.5 cm bevelled pictorial green cloth with gilt stamped titles to the front and spine. All edges red 207[1]pp with 10 full page colour chromolithographic plates and numerous black a nd white illustrations. A little dust marked with light rubbing spine tips and corners with a little loss of colour. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just the occasional handling mark A little dust marked with light rubbing spine tips and corners with a little loss of colour and a small ding of 0.5cm along the fore edge of the front board with a small loss of cloth. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just the occasional handling mark. A very well preserved copy of this charming and profusely illustrated collection of 34 fairy tales. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Pandora Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Paperback. VG+. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 13 x 19.7 cm paperback with an illustration by Sue Sluglett to the front and blurb and �4.50 price to the rear, 176 [4]pp. Signed by the author to the half title page with photograph taken at the signing laid in. A very good plus copy with some creasing to the spine and a little uniform toning to the page edges. The author's signature is clear and bold. A very scarce item particularly signed it is now protected in a rigid, clear, removable plastic cover. This was Winterson's first published novel and won the Whitbread prize for a first novel in 1985. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

c1959 1959. VG-. This is the original pen and ink illustration by John Ward RA for Cider With Rosie. It is inscribed top left: 'Chap Six Public Death'. The illustration appears on page 122 of the 1st Edition, showing the Ophelia-like drowning of Miss Fluck. The picture has been professionally mounted and placed in a silver coloured wood frame, 53 x 72cm (image size 31 x 46 cm), with a glass front. Taped onto the back is a card printed: J S Maas & Co Ltd dealers in fine art at a New Bond Street Address with a hand written description above. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Heinemann, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 1st Edition. 13 x 19.7cm green cloth with gilt stamped titles and decoration to the front and spine, blind stamped publisher's device to the rear and uncut edges viii, 271 (4) author's works + 20pp publisher's catalogue and including photographic portrait frontispiece of the author. The boards are clean with bright, gilt titles. A little light rubbing to the edges and spine tips which also have a hint of pushing. Internally, there is a little splitting of the endpapers at the front hinge although the binding remains firm. There is toning to the endpapers and the occasional light spot and an ownership name to the title page. The book is now protected by a rigid, removable, plastic cover (not shown) A work consisting of six short stories that this Irish early feminist writer described as an 'experiment'. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 14.3 x 22 cm blue cloth with silver stamped title to the spine and gold stamped school crest to the front from Waitaki Girls High School, Oamaru, New Zealand. (x) 229(1)pp with black line drawn illustrations by Richard Kenedy throughout. In original unclipped jacket priced at 10s 6d net. The boards are clean with just a hint of marking and pushing to the spine tips. Internally there is a school prize bookplate to the front free endpaper that matches the school crest on the front cover. Otherwise there is no other name inscription or bookplate and just a little spotting, almost exclusively to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), is unfaded and has a touch of dust marking on the rear panel. It has tape marking from long removed tape (please see images) at the spine tips and corners which are a little rubbed with minor loss loss to the… Read More

Field & Tuer, [1885] 1885. 1st Edition. Softcover. VG/VG. CALDECOTT, Randolph. 11.4 x 14.7 cm soft cover uncut edges pp. (iv), 78, (6) adverts and 12 full page black and white images plus frontispiece with 6 illustrations within the text. The book comes with its original glassine dust jacket. The book is very good considering its age with a gift inscription dated November 1885 to the title page and occasional spotting to the pages. The delicate glassine jacket whilst very good is a little dusty and has a split running 11cm up the spine and 3.5 cm tear along the rear joint extending up from the foot of the spine. There is also minor loss to the spine tips. A relatively scarce Caldecott book with a scarce dust jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.