Search Results: Titles starting with C from Eastleach Books

Lugd. Batavorum : ex officina Elzviriana [sic] [ Elzevir - Elzeviriana ], 1621. 1st thus.. Hardback. Later half calf over marbled boards, G. engraved tp+789+[29]pp, includes the following errors in pagination - pp161-162 omitted, pp472, 538 mis-numbered 272, 438 respectively with the signatures running A-3E8 ( the text is complete & continuous ), lacks the initial blanks, leather cracked at the rear hinge & upper hinge cracked at the gutter - both boards are attached but are fragile & require careful handling, occasional yellowing of the pages due to lesser quality paper stock being used, a good copy of an uncommon Elzevir. Early ownership signature at the base of the engraved title. Some copies have a printed title instead - it is supposed that the engraved title was not finished in time for the press on ealy copies. The works of the Roman historian & orator Publius Cornelius Tacitus [ 56 - 117 ] as edited by Justus Lipsius [ 1547- 1606 ]. Lipsius oversaw several editions through… Read More

Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2011. 1st edition.. Paperback. Large format paperback, F. 80pp, colour & b/w illustrations, colour maps, index, a nice fine copy. Osprey Duel Series vol 40. An account of the naval battles whivh took place during the American Civil War, where Confederacy commers raiders were pitted against the US Navy.

Progetto Monumenti Snam, Milan, 1994. 1st English edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. 286pp, many b/w & colour illustrations some folding, large folding plan in separate folder, index, slipcase. A fine copy. A very in depth & comprehensive account of the total restoration of the Ca'Granda, a lagre Baroque 'hospital' in Milan which was nearly totally destroyed by allied bombing in WW2. If only the UK govt had done the same.....

Siglo Veintiuno Editores, Mexico, 1976. 2nd edition.. Paperback. Paperback, G+. viii+203pp, folding diagram, b/w text figs, rear cover marked, paper yellowed, a good reading copy. Study of political power amongst the peasants in rural Mexico.

Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1962. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. [vi]+160pp, 2 b/w plates, index, covers a little yellowed, spine rubbed, otherwise a nice copy. A study of the relationship between Jonathan Swift and the two women in his life - Esther Vanhomrigh ( Vanessa ) and Esther Johnson ( Stella ). The book looks at whether or not Swift & Vanhomrigh ever planned to marry, based upon evidence discovered by Le Brocquy in the Vanhomrigh family archive.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1869. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. xiv+314+311-322pp+2pp publishers adverts, b/w frontis, 30 b/w engraved plates, 2 b/w photographic plates ( early examples of carbon-print photographs of art-works ), 1 folding plate, 1 b/w map, 9 woodcut illustrations in the text, index, upper cover with gilt-stamped landscape captioned 'Titian from the Omnia Vanitas', cloth very slightly rubbed at the corners, a superior copy. The first edition, 2nd state of this description of the land around Cadore in Italy which contains the Postscipt which begins, 'An opportunity has been afforded me to record some facts gleaned during a visit to Cadore in the autumn of 1869, since the publication of this work' & is dated December 1869. A tour of Cadore in Italy, the birthplace of the Renaissance painter Titian. Part of the Dolomites, the region is rugged & mountainous. Josiah Gilbert [ 1814 - 1892 ] painter & alpinist who, according to his Alpine Club obituary was 'one of the discoverers of the Dolomites'.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1869. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. xiv+322pp+2pp publishers adverts, b/w frontis, 30 b/w engraved plates, 2 b/w photographic plates ( early examples of carbon-print photographs of art-works ), 1 folding plate, 1 b/w map, 9 woodcut illustrations in the text, index, upper cover with gilt-stamped landscape captioned 'Titian from the Omnia Vanitas', large booksellers label to the upper board now partly missing ( for Cawthorne & Hutt of 24 Cockspur St ), Ex Library ( Bradford Library & Literary Society ) with their bookplate & copious ink stamps ( to the recto & verso of each plate & throughout the book ), cloth rubbed at the corners exposing the boards, split at the head of the upper hinge, rear hinge repaired at the pastedown gutter. The first edition, 1st state of this description of the land around Cadore in Italy which does NOT contain the Postscipt which begins, 'An opportunity has been afforded me to record some facts gleaned during a visit to Cadore in the autumn of 1869,… Read More

Éditions Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1941. 1st edition.. Hardback. Decorated boards, G+. xxxii+324pp, copy 485 of 2200 printed on Alfax Navarre paper & being the first edition of the book, rear hinge a little worn, otherwise a bright copy. The notebooks of the French social & political philosopher the Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu [ 1689 - 1755 ].

Éditions Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1941. 15th impression.. Paperback. Paperback, G+. xxxii+324pp, covers a little grubby, paper yellowed, a good reading copy. The notebooks of the French social & political philosopher the Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu [ 1689 - 1755 ].

University of South Carolina Press, 2011. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. x+254pp, 10 b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. A study of the Roman appointed High Priest of Judea, Joseph Caiaphas who served 18 - 36 AD. Playing a leading role in the cruxificion of Christ, Caiaphas has long been seen as a one dimesnsional villian. This book offers a reconsideration of Caiaphas' legacy & his subsequent representation in literature & the arts.

Cambridge University Press for Gonville & Caius College, 1923. reprint. Hardback. Cloth gilt, VG. v+271pp, b/w frontis, 7 b/w plates, index, presentation bookplate with armorial device as on upper board, a nice copy, slightly bumped at the edges. A general history of the college, first published in 1901.

Evergreen Books - Heinemann, 1940. 1st thus. Paperback. Paperback, G. 251pp, pages tanned, spine a little worn. Evergreen Book vol 4. Uncommon paperback edition of Maugham's 1930 novel which is a satire of London literary society between the Wars.

Heinemann, 1961. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. v+215pp, endpaper maps, b/w frontis, 12pp b/w plates, edges of dustjacket rubbed, otherwise a noice copy. The true story of a treasure map and a hunt for diamonds hidden in the wilds of Rhodesia.

HMSO - Public Record Office, 1980. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. viii+268pp, index a nice fine copy in a fine dustjacket. The official record of criminal trials held at the Kent assizes during the reign of James I [ 1603 - 1623 ] The book contains details on 1081 cases. The most notable feature of the records is the large number of cases dealing with serious crimes - larceny, rape & murder.

Oxfordshire Record Society, 1982. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, VG+. xcviii+260pp, 3 b/w maps, index, occasional neat pencil marginalia, spine sunned, otherwise a fine copy. Oxfordshire Record Society Transactions volume LIV. Transcript, into Modern English, from the Borough Court at Witney in the Tudor period.

printed by Titus Wilson for the Worcestershire Historical Society, 1996. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. xxviii+432pp, coffee? splash marks to the bottom edge of the upper board, small split at the base of the spine. Transcript into English of the episcopal register of Simon De Montacute. The Register shows how the Diocese was administered but also gives information on the impact of the Crusades & the moves of Edward III towards war.

printed by Titus Wilson for the Worcestershire Historical Society, 1996. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, F. xxviii+432pp, a fine copy. Transcript into English of the episcopal register of Simon De Montacute. The Register shows how the Diocese was administered but also gives information on the impact of the Crusades & the moves of Edward III towards war.

Offices of The Royal Historical Society - Camden Society, 1993. 1st editon.. Hardback. Cloth, F. 477pp, index, a fine copy. Lay Cartularies of two London Merchants of the late 14th century. Frauncey's cartulary deals with his lands in Essex & Middlesex, whilst Pyel's is mostly concerned with his lands in Northamptonshire.

Talbot & Co, 1950. revised edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. 157pp, index, cloth rather spine faded & worn, a good reading copy. A brief account of the saints days of a year, arranged chronologically.

HMSO - His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1907. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth VG. xlvi+614pp, index, Ex Library & then Ex Archaeological Society Library with their bookplates, rebound in plain library cloth, a solid copy. Calendar, with substantial extracts, of papers dating October 1716 - Februray 1717.