Search Results: Authors starting with C from Bird's Books

London: Frederick Warne, 1900. Hardcover. Fair. Caldecott, Randolph. Square 8vo. Blue card covered boards with tipped in colour illustration on front cover. Upper edge green. Undated early hardcover edition circa 1900. This has been a well loved book! Part of outer spine missing, mark on rear board. Tear and piece missing from pictorial front endpaper. A little foxing throughout, but generally the inner book is very clean. A piece missing from corner of one page (see pictures) and a minor tear. All plates present and very clean.

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1899. Very Good/No Jacket. Library rebound in brown cloth with gilt tiles.8vo xxvii + 692pp with foldout map at rear, frontis piece & 40 other monochrome plates. Ex library reference with bookplate to front pastedown, stamps on endpapers & library numbers on reverse of title page. otherwise no obvious markings, insides lovely & clean, tightly bound. A comprehensive history of Balmerino in Fife and the abbey. This covers everything from the prehistoric through romans & picts, Celtic monasteries in Fife, scots, danes , anglo-saxons and normans etc. History & foundation of the abbey & monks and their daily life. History of the protestant ministers and people, and also of the landed proprietors. Finally there's a chapter of miscellaneous matters covering all manner of local things. Also the geology, botany and topography of the… Read More

London: Blackie & Son, 1890. First edition. Good. 8vo, 127pp plus publisher's catalogue. Undated circa 1890. Grey cloth boards with yellow, red, green, black and gilt floral decoration. Some edgewear, binding cracked at spine. A little age toning, but generally clean inside. The story of a spoilt prince, who makes a wish, and in the end learns his lesson.

Alexander Gardner, Paisley, 1908. 1st Edition. Very Good. Alexander Gardner, Paisley, 1908 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good 7'' tall, blue cloth with faded gilt titles on spine 215pp with frontispiece & 5 other plates Tales of the many Scots who were forced into exile abroad or banished from their hometowns, during a period of religious persecution in the 17th century A scarce original copy of this book Ex reference library with minimal markings, decorative bookplate to front paste down & one stamp to front & rear endpapers, handwritten number No other obvious library markings, inner book is lovely & clean

London: Penguin, 1949. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. Paxton Chadwick . Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Lovely illustrations of 61 flowers with their common and Latin names and brief descriptions. A little edge wear and small marks to rear cover, generally very good. Nice and clean inside. Part of the Puffin Picture Book series no. 81, series editor Noel Carrington.

Panckoucke, Paris, 1776. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Panckoucke, Paris, 1776. 1st Edition . Good. Complete in 2 volumes. Approx. 10.5'' by 8.5''. Full leather binding, which has been rebound using the original boards. Some scuffing etc on covers (see pictures) & marks on spine. Vol. I, Contenant le Francois Devant l'Anglois, viii + 744pp. Vol. II Containing the English before the French, iv + 606pp + 4pp of an alphabetical list of common names of men & women in French and English & their abbreviations. A scarce early set of this comprehensive dictionary. Ex reference/ex libris library with pictorial bookplates on pastedowns, number on reverse of title page, single stamp on rear endpaper & upper edge. Generally clean within & in good + condition. Occasional marks/ age spotting mostly to front. ***Over 1kg & will require extra overseas postage***

William Tait, Edinburgh, 1828. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. William Tait, Edinburgh, 1828. 2nd Edition . Fair. 8 vo, complete in 2 volumes. Half leather binding with paper covered boards, gilt decorations & titles on spine. Binding needs attention, front board detached on vol. II & partially detached vol. I, cracked at spine, label partially missing (see pictures). Shelf wear at corners & edges. Marbled endpapers. Vol. I x + 416pp, vol. II 438pp, illustrated with steel engravings, frontispiece. A little foxing on the plates. This describes topographical features, local history, customs & traditions etc. Ex reference library with decorative bookplates on front & rear pastedown, sticker mark on spine. No other obvious library markings. Inner books are generally clean & in good + condition.***Over 1kg & may require extra overseas postage***

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head., 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head. , 1916. Very Good. 8vo, green cloth boards with embossed titles on front and spine. Xxxi + 288pp, illustrated with two portraits and occasional cartoons in the text, reproduced from his letters. Harold Chapman was born in Brooklyn, U.S.A. and was killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915. He moved with his mother to England as a young child and went on to become an actor and playwrite before enlisting early in the war. These letters cover his time in training camp and in France and were written to his mother, wife and young son. They include daily observations as well as some humour. Some of Chapamns plays were published posthumously to general acclaim. Contemporary owner's name in pencil on front endpaper.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 8vo, turquoise cloth boards with silver titles on spine. 355pp. A novel about childlessness, fertility and test tube babies, long before one was actually born. Generally clean with some age toning to page edges.

London: H.M.S.O, 1970. Softcover. Very good +. Gordon Cullen. Slim stapled paperback with pictorial cover. 32pp illustrated with drawings by Gordon Cullen plus plans and photographs. Attractive vintage guidebook in very good condition.

Glasgow: University of Glasgow Press, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. A Study in Growth and Contraction. 8vo, pictorial card covers by Muirhead Bone. 124pp with index, illustrated with maps of Glasgow on the endpapers and eight illustrations by Muirhouse Bone. Lovely and clean inside, slight edge wear to the covers. Previous owner’s name scored out on front free endpaper. This covers the rise of prosperity in Glasgow from 1875, including the quality of life in Victorian & Edwardian times, the first world war, interwar years, the decline of classic industries, the rebuilding of Glasgow, culture and politics etc.

London: Macmillan, 1904. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, dark green cloth boards with gilt titles and embossed pattern on front. Upper edge gilt. 598pp plus publisher's catalogue with illustrations by Sydney Adamson and Lilian Bayliss. A little foxing at front, generally very clean. Contemporary previous owner's name and date (1904) handwritten on front endpaper.

London: Macmillan, 1906. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, dark green cloth boards with gilt titles and embossed pattern on front. Upper edge gilt. 543pp plus publisher’s catalogue with numerous illustrations by Florence Scovel Shinn in black and white. A little foxing on the endpapers, mark to front board, generally very clean.

The British Publishers Guild, 1941. First edition. Softcover. Very good. From Marlborough (Vol II) . Slim paperback in card covers. 126pp illustrated with a few black and white maps and plans inside. A little staining to covers, but generally very good condition. Previous owner’s name and stamp on front cover. ‘.. gives an authentic picture of one of the most vital of all battles in European history’

Archibald Constable and Co. , Edinburgh, T. Cadell and W. Davies, William Miller and John Murray, London, 1809. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Archibald Constable and Co. , Edinburgh, T. Cadell and W. Davies, William Miller and John Murray, London, 1809. 1st Edition . Fair/No Jacket. Complete in 2 volumes. Over 10'' tall in rare original binding. Calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooled decorations on spine. Front board of both vols detached. Binding generally worn at spine & rubbed at corners as befits it's age. No other loose pages, inner books' binding still quite tight. Vol I 732pp with frontispiece of Mary Queen of Scots. Vol II 669pp with frontispiece of Thomas Cromwell, 1 plate of the monument of Sir Ralph Sadler & 4 plates of facsimiles of signatures. Some age spotting to front of both volumes. Generally inner books clean & in good to very good condition. Ex reference library with usual treatments, stamps on first & last pages of… Read More

David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1877. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1877. 1st Edition . Fair. 11.5'' tall by 9.25''. Half bound in leather with marbled gilt tiles on spine, upper edge gilt. Binding shows shelf wear & a piece is missing from the top of the spine (see picture). Limited to 350 copies, of which this is no. 19. Lxv + 205pp with frontispiece. Small ink stain on frontispiece/tissue guard (see pictures). Ex reference library with decorative bookplate to rear pastedown, single stamp on front endpaper & upper edge, handwritten numbers on reverse of title page. No other obvious library markings, inner book is clean & in very good condition. ***Over 1kg & may require extra overseas postage.***

4to, 285pp, illustrated throughout. Very good+ with previous owner's pictorial bookplate on front pastedown. Pictorial good+ dust jacket with some edge wear/ sunning . 'From the late Middle Ages, when it embodied spirituality, through the end of the eighteenth century, when it offered pleasurable surroundings for banquets, poetry readings, and amorous pursuits, the garden figured prominently in everyday Roman life. In this lavishly illustrated history, David Coffin provides a wealth of information on how Italian gardeners worked with the elements of color, fragrance, sound, shade, architecture, sculpture, and wildlife to achieve a wide variety of sensual effects. In so doing he presents the stages of evolution in classic Italian gardening, which was replaced in the late eighteenth century by the more naturalistic English style. Coffin first considers the role of cloistered gardens in the Middle Ages and shows how they were later incorporated as private spaces within the larger Renaissance gardens.… Read More

London: Hyperion, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Renoir. Small cream card coloured boards with tipped in coloured illustration on front. 47pp with frontis and numerous other monochrome and coloured illustrations throughout. Very nice and clean inside. A brief biography of Renoir copiously illustrated. Undated circa 1950 with gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1955.

London : J. M. Dent, 1907. Hardcover. Good. First Edition Undated circa 1907, contemporary previous owner’s name dated February 1907 handwritten in pencil on front endpaper. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Xvi + 479pp. Part of the Everyman library series. Contents include, Shakespeare with introductory matter on poetry, the drama and the stage, Notes on Ben Jonson, Notes on Beaumont and Fletcher, A course of lectures, Lectures on Shakespeare and Milton. etc. Spine cracked inside at blind title page, some shelf wear, generally good. Nice and clean inside.

London: William Heinemannn, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 4to, green cloth boards with gilt titles on front and spine. Pekingese in gilt on front. Upper edge green. Xix + 207pp with 8 coloured plates including frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations and photographs. This is a study of some of the breeds of dog originating in China and Japan, together with a history of the place of dogs in society, palace life, breeding, symbolism etc. Chapters include Eastern Dogs in Early Times, Dog-Lore and Superstition, Dog Breeding, Sporting and Guard Dogs, The Chinese Lion, Symbolism of the Buddhist and Lamaist Lion, Historical References to Dogs of Pekingese Type, Evolution of the Pekinese Type, Points of the Pekinese Type, The Chinese Pug, The “Japanese” Dogs, The Chinese Lion Dog, Toy Dogs in Chinese Art, table of dates and index. Corners bumped, some marks to the boards / shelf ware particularly to top of spine, which has a couple of small tears. Some foxing throughout, mostly to… Read More