Search Results: Titles starting with C from Roger Middleton

London, Bodley Head, 1943.. FIRST EDITION 1943, 8vo, orange cloth lettered and illustrated in black, illustrated endpapers, 230 pages. Black and white iIlustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Five children have adventures building a cabin on a farm. Neat ink name and address at top of front endpaper (see image). Otherwise near Fine in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, fore-edge of upper panel just slightly browned, minute nick to top and bottom of upper fold). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Walker, 1990.. FIRST EDITION 1990, 8vo, red boards gilt, 199 pages. No illustrations. Thrilling contemporary adventure set in Calabria. Book leaning just very slightly, no inscriptions. A Fine copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. Apparently this well-loved author's one hundredth book. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Collins, 1966.. FIRST EDITION 1966, 8vo, blue boards, silver lettered, 256 pages. Illustrated in black and white by Laszlo Acs. Story for children set in Wales and Manchester in the 1880s. Tiny dent at head of spine, no inscriptions. A Fine clean copy in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, 10 mm (½") closed tear at top of each hinge, minute splits at head of spine, tail of spine very slightly worn, 5 mm (¼") closed tear to edge of lower panel, corners very slightly worn, lower panel a little dusty). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Collins, 1966.. FIRST EDITION 1966, 8vo, blue boards, silver lettered, 256 pages. Illustrated in black and white by Laszlo Acs. Story for children set in Wales and Manchester in the 1880s. No inscriptions, slightest lean to book, very faint spotting to edges and front endpaper. A near Fine clean copy in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, very light rubbing to head of spine and top corners, lower panel slightly dusty, 3 very small scrapes to background on upper panel). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Oxford University Press, 1976.. FIRST EDITION 1976, 8vo, yellowish green boards, silver lettered, 86 pages. Title vignette and 12 beautiful black and white half page headpiece illustrations by Harold Jones. 3rd title about Henry and Jane, here spending hot summer holidays in a cottage by a river, their parents absent. No inscriptions, a touch of dusting to top edges, no foxing, a Fine clean crisp unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER with beautiful coloured illustration by Jones, (dw: not price clipped, slightly faded on spine, a pinhead sized spot of wear at top of upper hinge (see image). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Oxford University Press, 1976.. FIRST EDITION 1976, 8vo, yellowish green boards, silver lettered, 86 pages. Title vignette and 12 beautiful black and white half page headpiece illustrations by Harold Jones. 3rd title about Henry and Jane, here spending hot summer holidays in a cottage by a river, their parents absent. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER with beautiful coloured illustration by Jones, not price clipped). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Oxford University Press, 1976.. FIRST EDITION 1976, 8vo, yellowish green boards, silver lettered, 86 pages. Title vignette and 12 beautiful black and white half page headpiece illustrations by Harold Jones. 3rd title about Henry and Jane, here spending hot summer holidays in a cottage by a river, their parents absent. Minute bump to top corner of upper cover, very slight faint foxing to closed page edges, tiny red mark to top edges, otherwise a Fine clean copy with no inscriptions in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER with beautiful colour illustration by Jones, (dw: not price clipped, very slight wear to head of spine, 15 mm (¾") closed tear to top of upper hinge, neatly repaired on reverse with no loss of image, another smaller closed tear to top of rear inner flap). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Oxford University Press, 1976.. FIRST EDITION 1976, 8vo, yellowish green boards, silver lettered, 86 pages. Title vignette and 12 beautiful black and white half page headpiece illustrations by Harold Jones. 3rd title about Henry and Jane, here spending hot summer holidays in a cottage by a river, their parents absent. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER with beautiful coloured illustration by Jones, (dw: neatly price clipped). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Oxford University Press, 1976.. FIRST EDITION 1976, 8vo, yellowish green boards, silver lettered, 86 pages. Title vignette and 12 beautiful black and white half page headpiece illustrations by Harold Jones. 3rd title about Henry and Jane, here spending hot summer holidays in a cottage by a river, their parents absent. Minute bump to head and tail of spine, otherwise a Fine clean copy with no inscriptions in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER with beautiful coloured illustration by Jones, (dw: price neatly crossed through once in ink, very slight wear to head of spine and corners, minute chip to corners). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Piccadilly, 1986.. FIRST EDITION 1986, 8vo, colour illustrated shiny boards, 52 pages. Illustrated in line by Ruth Benton. Large print young child's novel. Children raise money for the school annexe. No inscriptions. A Fine clean crisp copy, issued without dustwrapper. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Focal Press,1949.. FIRST EDITION 1949. Slim 8vo, 250 x 175 mm, 10 x 7½ inches, 89 pages, 62 photographic plates by Brassai plus folding chart, original publisher's blue cloth, faint yellow title to spine, in damaged dust jacket. Spine lightly rubbed, otherwise book in very good condition. Unclipped dust jacket, worn and chipped with loss and in poor condition, with small hole to spine and closed tears, (see image). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Cambridge, Lutterworth Press, 1988.. FIRST EDITION 1988, 8vo, illustrated red shiny boards, 180 pages. Adventure story involving a search for a lost inheritance, stolen from Korea and hidden somewhere in England. No illustrations. Tiniest bumps to head and tail of spine and corners, page edges very faintly browned. A near Fine copy, issued without dustwrapper. Philip Turner was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1965. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Dent, 1980.. FIRST EDITION WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS 1980, small 4to, 255 x 195 mm, 10 x 7½ inches, colour illustrated shiny boards, colour illustrated endpapers, 40 pages. Very good coloured illustrations throughout. 10 year old Captain Boldheart captures a fleet of Spanish galleons, rescues a ship-mate from a shark and wins fame and fortune. No inscriptions, a couple of upper page corners have a tiny crease due to production fault, otherwise a Fine crisp clean copy, issued without dustwrapper. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, printed for The Ballad Society by Taylor & Co, 1871.. TITLE CONTINUED: unto his freend, a Citizen and Merchaunt of London. Re-edited with forewords describing all the accessible books, tales and ballads in Captain Cox's list and the Complaynt of Scotland 1548-9. 1871, 8vo, approximately 220 x 140 mm, 8½ x 5¾ inches, engraved folding plan of Kenilworth Castle at page 63 plus1 small text illustration, pages: [4], 5-182, 1-87, bound in half morocco, gilt lettering and rules to spine, cloth covers, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Slight fading to spine, minor pale foxing affecting many margins and engraved plan, otherwise a very good tight copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Oxford University Press, 1988.. FIRST EDITION 1988, 4to, 310 x 245 mm, 12¼ x 9¾ inches, colour illustrated shiny white boards, (32) pages. 8 wonderful double page coloured illustrations, numerous other smaller coloured illustrations. A sick little girl dreams of riding a magic carousel up to the moon. No inscriptions. A Fine clean crisp copy (issued without dustwrapper). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Vienna, 1829.. ELEVEN FOLDING MAPS ONLY OF TWENTY ONE. Approximately 660 x 440 mm, 26 x 17½ inches, all maps linen backed, small printed label with area covered and number, printed label with the importer's name and address (William & Norgate Importers of Foreign Books, 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London). Maps housed in a contemporary cloth slipcase with inner cloth chemise, gilt lettering to spine, paper label to upper cover with the maps listed in old ink, the chemise has a manuscript strip of distances, ( Englische Meilen..). Slight wear to slipcase otherwise case and maps in very good condition. Only half the complete map is present (11-21): Salonik; Constantinopel; Prevesa; Lepanto; Smyrna; Plane des Hellesponts und Bosphorus; Tripolitzsa; Rodos; Carte von Kleinasien; I. Candia (West); I. Candia (Ost). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy item which may require extra postage.

London, Collins Clear-type Press (1910).. Edition unknown circa 1910, SMALL format 108 x 75 mm, 4¼ x 3 inches, coloured frontispiece and coloured pictorial title page, 128 pages, bound in the original publisher's green suede, a single blind ruled border to covers, gilt title to upper cover and spine, all edges gilt, dark brown endpapers. No inscriptions, spine slightly faded and very slightly rubbed at head and tail, the same fading to the edges of both covers. A very good clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1980.. FIRST EDITION 1980, 8vo, brown boards gilt, 107 pages. Black and white illustrations by Val Biro. No inscriptions, tiniest bump to lower corner of upper cover, otherwise a Fine copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER designed by Biro, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1978.. FIRST UK EDITION 1978, 8vo, black boards gilt lettered, 96 pages. Illustrations in line by Val Biro. No inscriptions, a Fine clean copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, just a touch rubbed at tail of spine and top and bottom of lower fold). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Johannem Elsevirium, 1658.. FIRST EDITION 1658, Latin text, in 2 parts with title page to Part II: "Casparis Calderae de Heredia civitatis Hispalensis medici ordinarii, Tribunal magicum, quo omnia quae ad magiam spectant, accuratè tranctantur & explanantur, seu, Tribunalis medici pars altera", folio in fours, approximately 350 x 220 mm, 13¾ x 8½ inches, title page printed red and black, printer's pictorial device, a few pictorial head- and tailpieces, printed in double column, pages: Part I, [12], 534, [22]; Part II, 194, [22]; signatures: Part I, *4, **², A-Zzz4, Aaaa2; Part II, A-Z4, Aa-Dd4, Bb2 and Bb3 bound out of order in Index to Part II, bound in full contemporary vellum, early Gothic hand lettering to spine, endpapers sympathetically replaced. Spine rebacked with original backstrip laid on, corners slightly worn, vellum slightly marked, lower cover slightly stained, title page slightly darkened at fore-edge, title leaf, next leaf and final leaf strengthened neatly… Read More