Search Results: Titles starting with N from Goldring Books

London: The London Book Co., 1907. Half brown leather with gilt fleur de lys and title on green cloth boards. Light wear to spine head and tail and corner tips. Internally there is foxing to endpapers and to fore and lower edges else a clean, tight copy. xxvi + 429 pages. Photogravure portrait of Daudet to frontispiece after a pastel drawing by Will Rothenstein and 3 coloured plates by Louis Edward Fournier. Translated with a critical introduction by Professor Trent. Appendix of portraits by Octave Uzanne. Uniform with A Library of French Masterpieces edited by Edmund Gosse. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.89 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 4. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good TEG/No Jacket. Illus. by Fournier, Louis Edward and Rothenstein, Will. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2015. A new unread copy with new dustjacket. First Edition, First Printing. 354 pages. Illustrations in the text. Map endpapers. The author of the immortal Lolita nd Pale Fire, born to a distinguished Russian family, represents for many the apotheosis of the high modernist artist: cultured, refined - as European as they come. But Vladimir Nabokov, who came to America to escape the Nazis, grew to think of his time there as the richest of his life. Here and his Jewish wife could live and breathe, here they raised a beloved son in safety and normalcy. Robert Roper fills out this period of Nabokov's life with charm and insight - covering Nabokov's friendship with Edmund Wilson, his time at Wellesley and Cornell, his long work at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. But the book finds its narrative heart in the writer's many summer sojourns in the wilds of the American West. The Nabokovs covered more than two hundred thousand miles by car as Vladimir indulged… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1952. Blue boards have a strip of age darkening to front with some marks. Internally there is a light stain to the lower corners of some early pages and age toning to page edges else a clean tight copy. Dustjacket has chipping and some repaired closed tears. Sam Cobean was a successful cartoonist , mainly for The New Yorker. His glimpses into the mind of the prowling male are here shown with many variations of that theme together with his pictorial reflections on many other diverse subjects. B2F. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Cobean, Samuel E.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1927. Gilt title on red cloth boards which have some fading but no wear. Internally there is slight foxing to endpapers else clean and unmarked. Contemporary bookplate to front pastedown. 370 pages. Portrait of Napoleon's mother to frontispiece and 15 other portraits. Translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul. Very interesting biography with particularly fine illustrations. Includes Madame Tallien, Empress Josephine, Hortense Beauharnais, Giuseppini Grassini, Mademoiselle George, Grand, Duchess Louise of Weimar, Queen Louise of Prussia, Empress Marie Louise, Pauline Bonaparte, Countess Kielmansegg, Madame De Stael. 4. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel, 1957. SIGNED BY JAMES A. STEWART to front endpaper 'With every best wish for 1958, James and John 3.30'. A near Fine unmarked copy. Abridged with preface, biographical sketch, notes and comments. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was born at East Windsor, Connecticut and entered Yale College at the age of 13, graduating, aged 17, at the head of his class, as valedictorian. He was tutor in Yale for two years, and in 1727 he was called to assist his grandfather at Northampton, and in the same year married Sarah Pierrepoint, daughter of one of the founders of Yale. Two years after his move he was left in sole charge of one of the largest, wealthiest and most cultured congregations in New England. After Mighty Times of Revival in Northampton, and at the Age of 47, he became a missionary to the Housatonic Indians . In 1757, through the death of his son-in-law Aaron Burr, Edwards became President of what is now called Princeton University. Although famous in the… Read More

London: Viking, 1993. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear and a small bump to front lower corner tip. Internally there is a blank coloured bookplate of a badger to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket is not price clipped and is also Very Good +. The author is an acknowledged master of comic animal stories and the illustrations by Amanda Harvey bring to life the stories and will enchant children and adults alike. C3D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Harvey, Amanda. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lewes, East Sussex: Book Guild Publishing, 2006. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page with dedication. A Fine unmarked copy. 166 pages. 57 coloured plates and drawings in the text. Foreword by Dennis Healey (Lord Healey of Riddlesden). The Cuckmere Valley is one of the loveliest and most varied areas of countryside on the South Coast, where you can wander from ancient Roman byways to river banks, through new forests to old heaths, and see otters or ospreys or rare orchids, and hear the song of the nightingale. An immensely readable and superbly illustrated book for the lover of nature and the English countryside, which presents the true richness of the Cuckmere Valley. 22. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pocket Books, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. The author is a pioneering gynecologist and anti-aging specialist doctor with a successful Beverley Hills practice and his breakthrough, step by step programme, is for women who want to take control of their lives by restoring hormonal balance. This revolutionary, commonsense natural hormone replacement programme is designed to meet the individual needs of most women looking to rejuvenate body and mind. A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Sterling Publishing, 1994. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. A marvellous book of crafting with over 80 projects, using the microwave oven to dry such materials as pine cones, herbs, flowers and fruit. Full colour portfolio and all the necessary instructions to provide you with enough information and motivation to create a variety of decorative and useful items. **** NOT EX LIB **** 21. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Boxtree, 1992. A near Fine copy with a small abrasion mark to one corner tip else clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete. Map endpapers and profusely illusrated by colour photographs. A comprehensive work of the flora and fauna of Russia, which occupies an area of more than 22 million square kilometres (18 percent of the earth's dry land mass plus 10 million square kilometres of a marine economic zone. Foreword by Professor Nikolay Vorontsov, former USSR Minister of the Environment and Vice President of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. ***NOT EX LIB *** **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.17 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Collins, 2007. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from minor indentations to rear top edge) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The book offers tips on where you can spot some of the most interesting animals, birds, trees and flowers in the British Isles, how to identify them, and how they survive and thrive in different habitats. Arranged by month, each location contains visitor information, opening times, along with animal and plant profiles, and websites to find out more information, offering a practical guide to these spectacular habitats and extraordinary animals and plants. Lavishly illustrated and with maps. **** A HEAVY LARGE VOLUME OF NEARLY 1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 16. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Collins, 1956. Gold title on black boards. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. May 1956 edition ( first was March 1956). The English Anglican became famous worldwide for his crusade against the oppression of black South Africans and became a South African citizen and a thorn in the flesh of the authorities. In this book, made possible by sending it to England for publication only 24 hours before all his papers were seized by the authorities, he recounts his ministry to thousands and presents a moving account of his work and the people. Photographic portrait frontispiece. R3. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1979. A Very Good+ clean and unmarked copy with just a little light foxing to closed edges with dustjacket which is not price clipped. The book examines a wide range, from around the world, of small warships - missile craft, fast patrol boats, torpedo boats and fast gunboats and provides both a recognition guide and the esential technical detail on these vessels, including information on their powerplants, defensive weapons, surface to air mssiles and their guidance systems. Fully illustrated in colour. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1981. A Very Good + unmarked copy which has foxing to endpapers with VG dustjacket which has fading to spine. Presented in rectangular format. One of the main problems of small craft navigation is identification of landmarks and coastal features. Charts, though vital, give only the vaguest idea of the actual appearance of the coast. This book provides a picture of the coast, to scale, from the direction most commonly used. It consists of a series of views drawn from a distance varying between half a mile and four miles out to sea. Beneath each view is a simplified chart of the corresponding area, and guidelines between view and chart pinpoint all the useful identification features. A1F. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Headline, 2004. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. First edition, First printing. xvii + 396 pages. 19 illustrations. 3 maps. In his inimitable style, Christopher Lee re-examines the myths of the Battle of Trafalgar. He plots the megalomania of Napoleon to invade England and the single-minded ambition of Admiral Nelson to seek glory and prizes. He debunks the legend that the French and Spanish sailors were cowardly and shows how Villeneuve had worked out Nelson's famous plan of attack, which Lee argues failed anyway, and demonstrates how Trafalgar could easily have gone against Nelson. Through the prism of the events of the preceding years, Lee paints a picture of the personalities and the intrigues that were operating at Trafalgar, and particularly of the creation of a national hero in Nelson and his intense rivalry with Napoleon. L. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Conway Maritime Press, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little wear to lower edges and a little creasing to top edge and is price clipped. A large format volume of 332 pages. Illustrated throughout with contemporary illustrations and maps. Foreword by Patrick O'Brian. The author is one of the world's leading authorities on the sailing navy and has produced a book which is truly encyclopaedic in its scope and at the same time eminently readable. Derived from considerable original research, the book is the first single-volume to cover in such depth this vast and complex subject, and give a clear and authentic picture of the Senior Service as a whole. An important resource for the naval historian. NOTE : A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cairo: The American University Press in Cairo, 2017. An As New copy. 313 pages. 107 photographs. Twice a princess, twice exiled, Neslishah Sultan had an eventful life. When she was born in Istanbul in 1921, cannons were fired in the four corners of the Ottoman Empire, commemorative coins were issued in her name, and her birth was recorded in the official register of the palace. After all, she was an imperial princess and the granddaughter of Sultan Vahiddedin. But she was the last member of the imperial family to be accorded such honors: in 1922 Vahiddedin was deposed and exiled, replaced as caliph-but not as sultan-by his brother (and Neslishah's other grandfather) Abdulmecid; in 1924 Abdulmecid was also removed from office, and the entire imperial family, including three-year-old Neslishah, were sent into exile. Sixteen years later on her marriage to Prince Abdel Moneim, the son of the last khedive of Egypt, she became a princess of the Egyptian royal family. And when in 1952 her husband was… Read More

Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 2002. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. 237 pages. With a deft touch and down to earth humor the author offers a heartfelt response to the life and ministry of Jesus as presented in the Gospel of Mark. A unique perspective. R1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1999. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which has a little creasing to top edge and is not price clipped. Large format volume of 238 pages. Illustrated with composite portraits to highlight aspects of all the different alchemists in their particular environments by Elizabeth Handy. What drives people to create something from nothing? Is it ambition, the need for self-fulfilment? Is it to do with money, power, or even genes? Charles Handy has talked to a range of extraordinary characters - from Trevor Baylis and Richard Branson to Jane Tewson and Terence Conran. The book is a fascinating and inspirational investigation into the creative and entrepreneurial process. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** **** NOT EX LIB **** 23. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Collins, 2004. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 288 pages. Illustrated throughout. Foreword by Lee Durrell. Nick Baker's fascination with the natural world began at an early age, inspired by Gerald and Lee Durrell's classic book The Amateur Naturalist. Spurred on by this he has become one of our most knowledgeable and widely travelled wildlife experts. The book is an up-to-date, practical introduction to observing, understanding and investigating the natural world around us. Fact packed. and brimming with practical tips and techniques, it offers a rich source of new ideas for more experienced naturalists, as well as sparking the natural curiosity of a whole new generation. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.12 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 22. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.