Search Results: Titles starting with M from Ramblingsid's Books

Geoffrey Bles/The Book Society, 1957 hb with d/w, Book Club edition, red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, a little bumping to the head and the foot of the spine, pages tanned with age, some spotting to the page edges, a good tight secure binding, in a d/w that has not been price clipped, is wrapped in a clear non-adhesive plastic protective cover and is tanned with age (especially the spine), has a number of minor chips to the top edge and a one inch tear to the front edge of the rear cover [Box 20]

Telephoto Press Ltd, 1943 pale blue cloth boards with black titles to spine, slight rubbing at head and foot of spine, slight mottling to top edges of pages, a vg copy [Box 18]

Andrew Melrose, 1918 Andrew Melrose Ltd, London, 1918, hb no d/w, green cloth boards with dark green titles to spine, corners and head and foot of spine bumped and a little worn, spine darkened, pages tanned with age, a good secure binding [Box 26]

Universal Books, 1970 hb with d/w, blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, corners and head and foot of spine a little bumped and rubbed, pages lightly tanned with age but remain clean and bright, there is the stamp of a bookshop on the front free endpaper, a good secure binding, in a d/w that has not been price clipped but is rubbed at the edges and has a tear at the top front edge of the rear cover [BW1020][Box 31]

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928 hb with d/w, Library Edition, red and black cloth boards with black titles to red spine, very slight bumping and rubbing to corners and head and foot of spine, pages tanned with age, else a vg copy in a very tatty and torn d/w in pieces. [Box 11]

Autopress Ltd, 1970 Autopress Ltd, Brighton, 1970, hb no d/w, decorated plastic hard covers, covers very grubby from use as are the pages and pages edges, a good secure binding, the book itself is in good condition with few signs of actual wear but it is very grubby and oil stained due to handling and use. [BW8245][Box 57]

Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1955 hb no d/w, 1st ed, this is NOT an ex-library copy, red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, corners and head and foot of spine bumped and worn, there is a splash stain to the front cover, pages lightly tanned but remain clean and bright, small bookseller's label fixed to the bottom edges of the front pastedown, a good secure binding [Box 47]

K F Koehler Verlag, 1966 K F Koehler Verlag, Stuttgart, 1966, hb no d/w, GERMAN LANGUAGE BOOK, green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine within a maroon label, gilt decoration to front cover, head and foot of spine lightly bumped else few signs of wear, pages clean and bright, feint staining to the top edge of the pages, a nice tight secure binding, a very good copy [Box 47]

G P Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1909 G P Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, New York and London, 1909, hb no d/w, 1st ed, NOT an EX_LIBRARY copy, maroon cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover, covers bumped and worn, pages tanned with age but remain clean, good secure binding [Box 25]

C F Peters Corporation nd, stapled softcover, 52 pp, staples rusted, some rubbing and marking to the covers, ownership inscription on the front cover, pages a little tanned with age but remain clean and bright, edges of the pages are spotted, secure binding [Box 42]

London: Pelham Books, 1973 Pelham Books, London, 1973, hb with d/w, 1st ed, pale blue cloth boards with silver gilt titles to spine, corners and head and foot of spine are a little bumped, there is a little fading at the very edge of the covers, pages lightly tanned with age but remain clean and bright, there is small stain to the title page and its facing page, a good tight secure binding, in a d/w that has not been price clipped, is a little worn at the edges and has a small tear near the spine [Box 79]

Dennis Dobson, 1958 hb no d/w, 1st ed, green cloth boards with faded gilt titles to spine, head and foot of spine bumped, the spine is also dented near the top, pages are tanned with age but remain clean and bright, the endpapers are more heavily tanned, a good secure binding [Box 1]

London: Thames and Hudson, 1995 Thames and Hudson, London, 1995, pb, some light wear to the covers, pages clean and bright, a good secure binding [B3736][Box 39]

Alec Tiranti, 1971 Alec Tiranti, London, 1971, hb with d/w, reprint, pale olive green covers with red titles to spine, very few signs of wear, there is some light marking to the covers, pages are clean and bright, the pages with the photographic illustrations appear to be a little tanned, a good secure tight binding, in a good price-clipped d/w that is creased and rubbed at the edges and marked on the rear cover [Box 19]

William Heinemann Ltd, 1988 hb no d/w, corners and head and foot and spine lightly bumped, some slight marking to covers due to use, pages very clean and bright, few other signs of wear, a nice clean copy [Box 19]

London: Book Club Associates/Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975 Book Club Associates/Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1975, hb with d/w, book club edition, brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover, corners and head and foot of spine a little bumped else few signs of wear to the covers, pages lightly tanned with age, a good tight secure binding, in a d/w that has not been price clipped and has only light wear to the edges [B3079][Box 33]

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1921 translated by J Lewis May and with 29 original woodcuts by Simeon, hb with d/w, red cloth boards with black titles and decoration to spine and front cover, minimal bumping and wear to the edges and head and foot of spine, pages slightly yellow with age, a vg copy in a vg dust wrapper that is just a little rubbed at the edges, a nice copy [Box 41]

Editions Normand Nalis, 1967 hb with d/w, A FRENCH LANGUAGE BOOK, brown cloth boards with black and blue titles to spine and front cover, few signs of wear to the covers, pages lightly tanned with age but remain clean and bright, a good secure binding, in a d/w that has not been price clipped but is itself a little tanned with age and is rubbed and chipped at the edges with one small tear to the front cover [Box 47]

Cassell/The Waverley Book Company Ltd Cassell/The Waverley Book Company Ltd, London, nd (believed to be 1921), 1st ed (2 vols), blue cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration to spine, blind-stamped armorial decoration to front covers, corners and head and foot of spine bumped and a little worn, pages lightly tanned with some light foxing, pages edges spotted, both volumes have secure bindings [Box 26]

Futura, 1976 pb, 1st thus, few signs of creasing to spine or covers, light bumping or rubbing at the edges, pages lightly tanned with age, very good tight and secure binding, a vg copy [Box 36]