Search Results: Titles starting with O from Andrew James Books

Faber & Faber, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing in immaculate condition throughout. Stunning debut novel from this author

T Payne & Son, 1791. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ninth edition. In Latin and English, published for T Payne & Son et al. With critical notes collected from the best Latin and French commentaries. Full leather with worn gilt decoration to spine. Edges bumped and rubbed with chips to head and base of spine. Owners small stamp to ffep and title page. Internally clean other than some occasional light pencil margin notes to early pages

Didot Freres, 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Didot Freres 1862 edition complete in two volumes. Quarter leather with gilt titles to front and spine. All edges gilt, marbled end papers, some foxing to prelims and latter pages otherwise remarkably clean throughout. The complete works of Pierre Corneille considered on of the three great French 17th Century Dramatists along with Racine and Moliere. Text in French. Please note additional postal and shipping charges will apply.

Chez Lefevre, 1838. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Chez Lefevre 1838 half leather two volumes complete. Very good, gilt titles and decoration to spine, marbled boards, end papers and edges of text block. Boards lightly rubbed to centre panel. Book plate to paste down of Samuel Henry Hinde, Some foxing to end papers and early pages which diminishes in frequency towards the centre and where it is largely restricted to the margins. Text in French complete with explanatory notes on the text.

Stephen Swift, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. SIGNED with dedication by the author to front end paper. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to front and spine, a little rubbing to cornes and bumped to top and bottom of spine. Rough cut pages. Book Plate to front end paper. A little foxing to the first and last few pages but otherwise clean. An account of the authors tour around Brittany on a very restricted budget, illustrated with black and white photographs

Richard Bentley, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition, Original grey buckram boards with gilt titles to front and spine. Some discolouration to spine and lightly rubbed to corners and spine ends. Bookplate of Cynthia Chellini and Normanton to front paste down otherwise clean. Some foxing to prelims and quite heavy to title page and frontispiece / tissue guard. Sporadic foxing throughout more frequent to early and latter pages. Frontispiece partially loose A scarce example of this title which describes the etiquette and rules of behaviour while at the Royal Court or attending Royalty. It also provides details of the procedures for Royal events such as Baptisms, Marriages etc.

George Routledge & Sons, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st printing. In very good condition and very good unclipped dust jacket now in protective sleeve. Small nick to top of jacket spine and age toned to spine and top edge. Original black boards with gilt titles to spine in very good clean condition. Internally clean throughout although there is a slight fade to edges of pages. By the co author of English Domestic Clocks which was published some 30 years before this volume. With costs of re-publishing the original title prohibitive, Cescinsky here provides an abridged form of the original title which concentrates on all that was important in the earlier book. Profusely illustrated.

Heinemann, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cara Lockhart Smith. With unclipped dust jacket, no inscription very clean throughout. Poems written and illustrated by the author about Old Merlaine, a strange country. A land of woods and marshes surrounded by the sea. It is a land of mystery madness and magic. Here King Whirligig lives with his dotty Queen in a derelict castle, while the ferocious Beaky Masher lurks in the woods, and the huge stupid monster of Old Merlaine is forever stalked by Monster Hunters in black top hats. Reduced postal charges apply.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, no inscription very clean throughout

London: Bloomsbury, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No inscription, very clean throughout. A cultural history of Blonde Hair and Blondes. Homer admired it, Ovid was obsessed by it, medieval churchmen feared it, Renaissance painters adored it, Queen Elizabeth I agonised over it, Hitler dreamed of it, Hitchcock was fascinatd by it, Hollywood made money out of it. - What is it exactly about Blonde Hair?

Wiley, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Previous owners name to ffep otherwise clean throughout. A critical study of the use of parole sentences within the Legal system

RNLI, 2006. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In virtually as new condition covers and spine crease free and very clean throughout. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 224pp 23cm x 15cm approx. 2nd edition extensively revised and brought up to date.

Penguin Classics, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Covers crease free with single light crease to spine, slight fade to page edges otherwise clean throughout.

John Murray, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Slight bump to top front corner no inscription very clean throughout. Overseas buyer please note additional postal charges will apply.

Laurence King Publishing, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In immaculate condition throughout. Superbly illustrated in full colour giving examples of both interior and exterior outlet design for the independent retailler of various commodities. Overseas buyers please note additional shipping charges will be required.

Hutchinson, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Roger Coleman. With unclipped dust jacket designed by Roger Coleman, no inscription, slight fading to page edges and edges of text block, text otherwise clean. Thackeray's debut novel about the most audacious coup ever attempted by the Mafia in America: An attempt to put the whole of the United States under the control of the Mob, by standing one of their own in the Presidential Election . Reduced postal rates apply

Simon & Schuster, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, no inscription very clean throughout. The story of what happened to Martin Bormann following the end of World War II

Methuen, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Claude Shepperson. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to front and spine, spine faded. Foxing to edges of text block and early and latter pages with only occasional blemishes to the majority of the text. With 12 colour illustrations by Claude Shepperson.

Phoenix House, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof edition soft back, Small dent to head of backstrip otherwise covers free from major signs of wear. Internally very clean. Basu's debut novel follows the twisting stream of Hiran's life as he tavels from Calcutta to Canton where his western manners bring him to the attention of a wealthy Englishman and his Opium addicted wife

Red buckram with gilt titles and Meredith's gilt signature copied to front board. Previous owners small label to front end paper otherwise clean. Creasing to lower corners of contents pages otherwise internally in extremely good condition. Pocket size 17cm x 11cm approx