Search Results: Titles starting with F from Washburn Books

NSW: Giramondo Publishing Company, 2020 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Australian fiction about a school football team. 367pp. Small bump to lower corner, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1960 Book. Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 12th Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Collection which covers the whole field of English comic verse, apart from 'light verse'. 388pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, spine a little slack and top edges dusty, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ marked and edgeworn, with closed tears to corners. Loosely enclosed, press cutting of poem by A P Herbert to the Editor of The Times..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1975 Book. Good. Soft cover. Third Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Anthology which includes 20th century poets of all schools and styles. This revised edition adds new names and additional later poems. 347pp with index. Some creasing to spine, corners and rear panel, one turned corner and minor marking to page edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1973 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Third Edition, Revised & Reprinted. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New edition of the volume first published in 1936 and in Faber paper covered editions in 1965. This edition revised and with a new supplement of poems chosen by Donald Hall. 406pp. Slight wear to edges and corners, minimal marking to page edges and former owner's name to half-title page, otherwise very good copy with uncreased spine..

London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2017 Book. Near Fine. Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book published to accompany an exhibition at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, held from 12 Nov 2017 to 27 May 2018, giving an overview of nine centuries of Russian decorative arts. Gilt lettering to spine, blue endpapers, blue ribbon page marker. 208pp with index, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Near fine copy with near fine unclipped DJ. Blue slipcase with colour illustration and gilt lettering has minor marking to spine, otherwise very good plus/near fine. HEAVY BOOK, additional postage required for Air Mail shipping..

Paris: Editions G P, 1947 Book. Illus. by Raoul Auger. Very Good. Decorated Red Boards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fourth in the collection "Rouge et Or". Text in French. 188pp plus index, illustrated with 16 full page colour drawings and black and white drawings to text throughout. Gilt design to front board and lettering to spine. Corner of one page marked with a cross, top edges dusty and corners slightly bumped. Gift inscription to front endpaper, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ is faded to spine, marked on back, has some edgewear and slight loss at top and bottom of spine, otherwise complete..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Account of the contemporary representations of the French monarch Louis XIV and how they constructed the image of the K ing over the course of his 70 year reign. 242pp with index and 88 black and white illustrations. Gilt lettering to spine. From the collection of art historian Ingrid Roscoe, whose name appears on the endpaper. Mark to top of page edges, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has some fading to spine, otherwise very good..

London: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2006 Book. Near Fine. Green Cloth Boards. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book tied in to a Channel 4 series about a research project which tests DNA to produce a genetic map of British history. 223pp with index, illustrated with drawings, photographs and maps in black and white and colour. Gilt lettering on spine. Boards slightly bowed and minor rippling to pages, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine..

London: Routledge and Kegal Paul and Vallentine, Mitchell, 1963 Book. Good. Burgundy Cloth Boards. 3rd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Comparative evaluation of the ancient civilizations of the eastern Mediterranean preceding the classical period. 328pp with index, illustrated with 32 black and white photographs and fold-out map to rear. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor bumping to spine and corners and former owner's details to endpaper, otherwise good copy. DJ is unclipped, with wear to edges and corners, including small tears..

London: Ward Lock Educational Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of a series of anthologies designed for children in mid-school or further education, intended to be read in a group, discussed and acted upon. 126pp with numerous black and white illustrations. Top corner slightly turned, otherwise extremely good condition. Undated volume..

Boston & New York: Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection which demonstrates the development of Orwell's talent as an essayist, compiled and with an introduction by George Packer. 308pp with notes to rear. Tiny creases to corners and slight foxing to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions and uncreased spine. .

Pergamon Press, 1982 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fifteen role-play exercises suitable for advanced students of English as a foreign language. 124pp. Cover darkened to edges, with minor edgewear and a couple of turned corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London, New York & Toronto: Staples Press Ltd, 1947 Book. Fair. Green Cloth Boards. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Examination of the causes of the decline in liberalism in the period between the wars. 192pp with index. Black lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and lower corners and foxing to edges and endpapers, otherwise fair reading copy. Dustwrapper is in three pieces with some further loss..

London: Educational Book Co Ltd Book. Good. Burgundy Buckram. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Undated volume (circa 1920?) in The Fine Art Scott series. 468pp, illustrated with 25 black and white reproductions of paintings by various artists. Gilt emblem to front board, gilt lettering and shield to spine. Top edges gilt, decorative editorial material to endpapers. Bumping to spine and corners, left hinge showing and slight foxing to edges and endpapers, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

York: William Sessions Limited, 1992 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Examination of the grounds of orthodox Christian beliefs, with a claim for a faith which aligns with modern knowledge. 74pp. Slight edgewear and fingermarking to cover, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Headline Book Publishing, 1996 Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition. 9.0" Square. Forty projects and methods for making surfaces look as though they have aged well. 128pp with index, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Silver lettering to spine. Some rubbing and bumping to spine, corners and edges, spine slanted and minor markng to front endpaper from flyleaf, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear, otherwise good..

Glasgow: British Waterways Scotland, 2004 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Presumed First Edition. 8.25" Square. Guide to the world's first rotating boatlift, part of the Millennium Link, a canal restoration scheme in Scotland. 33pp, illustrated throughout with colour photographs and diagrams. Minor shelfwear and slight indentation from clip, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: Brockhampton Press, 1999 Book. Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Study of the cause and effects of Napoleon's removal from power, drawing on substantial new research. Second volume of a trilogy. 352pp with index, illustrated with 32 pages of black and white photographs. Small red dot to endpaper, otherwise near fine copy. Unclipped DJ has slight creasing to lower edge, otherwise very good..

London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1926 Book. Illus. by Robert Gibbings (Woodcuts). Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Transcripts of addresses on various subjects, including one on fly-fishing and one on waterfowl, given between 1919 and 1924 by Edward Grey, 1st Viscount of Fallodon, better known as Sir Edward Grey (1862-1933), the Liberal statesman famous for his line 'The lamps are going out all over Europe'. 177pp, illustrated with lovely woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. Top edges gilt, fore-edges untrimmed. Gilt lettering to top board and spine. Foxing to edges, endpapers and margins (some affecting text), wrinkling to cloth on spine and former owner's book plate to endpaper, otherwise good copy..

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889 Book. Good. Burgundy Buckram. 3rd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dictionary of quotations. 500pp with index to rear. Bound in burgundy buchram with decorative gilt lettering to top board, all edges marbled, black endpapers, corners rounded. Some foxing to early and late pages, spine dulled, stain and former owner's name to endoaoer, otherwise good copy..