Search Results: Authors starting with A from BookMangos

Somerset: Haynes Publishing Group, 1991. First edition. Very Good. A comprehensive DIY manual for those wishing to restore or maintain the Triumph Acclaim. used ;denting marks to front cover;oilmarks to pages;foxing AB40

Great Britian: Drive Publications Ltd, 1979. First edition. Very Good. A comprehensive guide to 700 cities and towns in Britian. clean;bumping to corner;chip to bottom front cover AB37

London: Methuen, 1960. Hardback. Good/Fair. Ernest Shepard. The famous winnie the pooh story but translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard. Blue boards with title to spine and a winnie the pooh embossed on the front cover roman style.Some bumping and marks.Tight binding and clean pages. Dj is torn in several places and rubbed and marked. AB82

London: The English University Press, 1965. Second printing. Fine/fair. It covers the ground from the very beginning, along the usual paths of equations, factors, indices, and so on. foxing to edges;tear and chipping to dj;indentations to title page;not clipped. First Edition AB32

Cairo, 1966. First printing. Very Good. Arabic text, 276 pages New quarter leather binding. Nice tight binding . Some pages have owner markings, and the first pages has a small tear. AB53

John Murray Publishers, 1999. First edition. Fine/fine. A canadian born glasgow businessman, he entered politics in 1900 and within four years was in Balfours government. By 1911 he headed the conservative party and in the 12 years that followed he reunited and reorganised it, follwing its 3 successive defeats, and prepared it for the century of electoral success that lay ahead. Green boards with gold writing to spine, nice tight binding and clean pages. Dustjacket slight shelfwear at the top. First Edition AB12

Allen Lane, 1980. First edition. Very Good/very good. a haunting story set in the early 1970s of a passionate love affair overwhelmingly beautiful but at the same time threatened by intimations of a frightening supernatural dimension. Green boards with writing to spine, nice and tight. DJ slightly bumped/creased on bottom right corner of front and back. Price clipped and owner inscribed. First Edition AB9

Great Britain: Penguin Books, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. Two world bestsellers by a master storyteller.Watership Down shows the wonder of the english countryside, seen with the ground level detail of a rabbits eye and ear and nose, the scent and savour of short, sweet grass, the aromatic tiny wild plants, their names used like charms. Shardik unfolds a powerful saga of suffering, fire and war, as shardik, the giant bear brings truth to the land of the Ortelgans. Both books very nice tight binding and the box only has slight shelf wera. AB10

London: Collins & Harill Press, 1962. Very Good. After the death of Elsa, her cubs became wild, returning to camp only in the evenings to be fed, then they stopped coming altogether. The news reach camp that they were killing cattle. The book tells the story of the capture and transportation to the Serengeti game reserve of Elsa's cubs. Clean;user marks;back cover lossened from spine AB33

London: Fontana, 1960. First printing. Paperback. Good. This book is in every way a masterpiece. As a study in animal behaviour it has great importance, as an example of near perfect relation between man and animal it is unique. black and white photographs, shelf wear. AB33

London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1961. First printing. Very Good. After Elsa's cubs were born, Joy Adamson kept notes in which she recorded what she observed of Elsa and her family when they were in camp. Living Free is based on those notes some mark to cover;user mark.slight bumping; coloured,black and white photographs AB33

London: Faber and Faber, 1981. first published. Very Good/very good. Bow porcelain is probably the best known and most characteristically english porcelain ever produced in this country.The factory was longer lived and more prolific than almost any other 18th century porcelain factory.This book fills a serious gap in porcelain history. Blue boards with writing to spine.some bumping and rubbing. Nice tight binding and clean pages. Dj is mylar covered, some minor bumping and a little shelf wear.Heavier book so post and packing to be adjusted accordingly. First Edition AB74

London: nonesuch press, 1923. Very Good/very good. The narration of the marriage of Cupid and Psyches translated from the Latine Bookes of the Golden Asse by Apuleius 1566. This is a really pretty book in a slip cover. Boards are cream with brown star pattern and brown spine. Slip cover is also the same star design. Some bumping and rubbing, slipcase torn at top and some bumps and nicks. Binding nice and tight, beautifully illustrated pages.This is number 560 of a limited edition of 625 copies. First Edition AB61

California: Adobe, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. User Guide Used but like new AB9

California: Adobe, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. User guide Used but as new AB9

surrey: Colour library books ltd, 1986. Very Good. A very useful cookery book for serious vegetarians. Glossy boards, some bumping to corners and shelf wear. Tight binding and clean pages. AB22

New York: Double Day and Co., 1984. First US Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. William Naegels. Crime Thriller. A crow drops a finger in the path of a couple taking a stroll through woodland, then a headless corpse is found on a barn roof……. Detective Sloan is challenged….. Mustard boards with title to spine. Some bumping and creasing to spine. Clean pages and tight binding. Dj is mylar covered with shelf wear. First US Edition AB82

Kenya: law africa, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. syllabus for auditing papers of examination bodies. Some bumping and shelfwear. Nice tight binding and clean pages. AB25

Istanbul: Aksit Cultural Publications, 1989. Paperback. Good. A must for anyone travelling to Istanbul. clean;tight;slight bumping and crease to bottom corner. AB34

London: The Ariel Press, 1994. Reprint. Near Fine/good +. This Charming volume of 24 humerous cartoons takes a light hearted looknat the rules of golf and those who abide by them. clean;tight;user mark;chipping and tear to dj First Edition AB40