Search Results: Authors starting with C from TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS

LONDON: HEAD OF ZEUS. Paperback. Slight wear/peeling on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Crime thriller featuring Joe Pickett. Location: GAL1/O . Very Good. Soft cover. 2019.

LONDON: SIDGWICK & JACKSON. Ex-library book. Hard cover with dust jacket. Front board is not completely flat. Clear plastic cover over DJ. DJ flaps are stuck to pastedowns. Card pocket(with library card) attached to front flap/pastedown. Issuing form and some historic staining on front endpaper. Library stamps on title page. Tape residue marks on back endpaper. Tanned and slightly stained page edges(no affect on text). DJ design has story summary text in block capitals, title and author's name highlighted in Red. Location: STC115 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition.. 1969.

ANTSTEY, LEICESTERSHIRE, UK: F.A.THORPE. Ex-Library copy. Paperback. Large Print edition. Clear plastic cover over book covers. Coding labels on bottom of cover spine. Withdrawn stamp and residue of issuing form on front endpaper Tanned and slightly foxed page edges. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Science Fiction novel. This novel was first published in the late 1960s. First publication of this Linford Large Print Edtion was 2010. Location: STC7 . Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 2010.

NEW YORK: DELL. Paperback. An overview of the Renaissance Period and its artists. This book has many colour pictures of the period's paintings. Slight wear on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC72/N . Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Edition. 1968.

LONDON: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. Illustrated with musical notation. 523 pages with index. Focuses on music in Europe, from the 16th century onwards. Foxing on edges of pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Small folds on the tips of one or two pages. Slight wear on cover edges. . Very Good. Paperback. 4th Edition. 1978.

USA: TEKNO-COMIX. 3 U.S. format comics. NB: Covers of issue 4 are detached from the rest of the comic, but are present. Issue 2 in fine order. Large split on cover of issue 4. Issue 3 has sliht wear on cover edges. Based on concepts by Neil Gaiman, but not scripted by him. Comic Grade: Fair. Location: STC119/B Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. COMIC. First Printing.. 1995.

LONDON: BANTAM PRESS. First printing. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear/creasing on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Black boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Historical adventure novel. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2011.

LONDON: COLLINS. Paperback. A guide to Britain's foreign policy from the late Victorian period to the outbreak of World War one. Former school/college book has a previous owners book plate on the front free endpaper and text underlining/notes in pencil. Slight foxing/marking on some page edges. Tight pages. Strong binding. Location: P4/T . Good. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 1973.

LONDON: GRYPHON. First published in 1941. Ex-library book. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Small areas of wear/surface damage on edges of DJ. Has been price clipped, but there is still a publishers price ticket visible on the DJ front flap. DJ has a paper backing. Front free endpaper has been removed. Discard and coding stamps on title page. Binding between boards endpapers have been braced with bookseller repair tape. Coding number written on back flap. Red boards. Tape residue marks on front board. Tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: LWT12 . Good. Hardcover. REPRINT. 1956.

NEW YORK: BERKELY. Paperback. Slight wear on cover edges. Flat creasing on covers. Book is a remainder with a hole punched in the front cover. Fantasy novel. The sequel to 'God Stalk'. Location: J1 . Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 1987.

LONDON: JOHN MURRAY. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Tears/splits and small areas of loss on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Red boards with black titles. Previous owner name on front pastedown. NB: Pages 643-654 at the back of the book, have become detached from the central binding(are loose pages). Pages are otherwise securely bound. These pages are consquently moderately creased. 655 is the last story page. Lightly tanned and slightly foxed pages. Omnibus collecting short story collections previously published separately. These are 'Stepsons of France, Good Gestes, Port O' Missing Men, Flawed Blades'. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 1947.

LONDON: ROBERT HALE. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing/small nicks on DJ edges. Slight marking/soiling on back of DJ. Not price clipped. Black boards with gilt titles on board spine. Lightly tanned and slightly foxed page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A scarce title. NB: Not An ex-library copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 1988.

LONDON: ROBERT HALE. First printing. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. NB: This copy has two Dust Jackets. Moderate rubbing/small tears on corners of top DJ. Not price clipped. Small brown stains on side edges of DJ. Second DJ has slight rubbing on DJ edges and again is not price clipped. Black boards with white titles on board spine. Lightly tanned and very slightly foxed page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A scarce novel. NB: Not an ex-library copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition.. 1989.

LONDON: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. First published in 1965. This the the first printing of this edition. Children's book. A sea adventure with fantasy elements set on a clipper sailing ship. The text is presented in play format and the book is designed with group participation in mind. Evocative colour illustration by Doreen Roberts. Hardcover. Matching illustrated boards and dust jacket. Clear plastic protective cover over dust jacket(taped to the inside edges of the DJ). Dust jacket has not been price clipped. Slight wear on board edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: LBS1 . Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 1971.

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Slight staining on front of DJ. Not price clipped. Slight staining on front board. Area of staining on front free endpaper(not severe). Slight marking on page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A retelling of the classic fairy tale. First published in 1919. This edition first published in 1972. Illustrated with black silhouette illustrations(including three double spreads) and a full colour frontispiece illustration . Very Good. Hardcover. REPRINT. 1974.

LONDON: METRO PUBLISHING LTD. Ex-library book. Hard cover with dust jacket. Small split on top corner of DJ front. Black boards with gilt titles on board spine. Moderate slant to board spine. Withdrawn stamp on front free endpaper with two blacked out prices(this is an otherwise blank page). No other library markings. Tanned and slightly soiled page edges. Black and white photographs(plates). A biography of the horror/fantasy author James Herbert. Location: CONE3 . Good. Hardcover. 2003.

LONDON: 4TH ESTATE. Paperback. Slight wear on cover edges. Slight peeling on cover turning points. Designed with hole in front cover to show the frontispiece illustration of dinosaurs beneath cover. Flat corner crease on frontispiece page and some erased priced indentations. Lightly tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Non fiction account of the rivalry between Gideon Mantell and Richard Owen. Location: STC28 . Very Good. Trade Paperback. REPRINT. 2001.

NEW YORK: Harper Prism(Harpercollins). Large format soft cover. Slight wear on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. The making of the movie version of 'Lost in Space'. special effects, design, make up, story boards etc. Slight label residue on the back cover. Location: STC11 . Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 1998.

LONDON: ORION BOOKS/TED SMART(The Book People). Paperback. Classic crime thriller. First published in 1936. This is a 'Crime Masterworks' edition. Slight wear on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC117 . Very Good. Paperback. First Thus. 2002.

LONDON: ALLISON & BUSBY LTD. Paperback. Slight wear on cover edges. Lighty tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Fantasy novel. Book 3 in the 'Weather Warden' series. Location: BPT1 . Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. First UK PAPERBACK. 2008.