Search Results: Titles starting with W from Mike Park Ltd

London: Consumer Association "Which ?" Magazine. A rare long run of all the earliest issues, from commencement in 1957 through to 1982. Paperbacks, as issued, some a little worn, a few covers detached. The value of this rare twenty-five year run to the social historian or the researcher into shopping history, family and home finances, fashion, consumerism etc, can hardly be under-estimated. [The first issue of this ground-breaking publication contained : Electric Kettles, Sunglasses, Aspirin, Cake Mixes, Scouring Powders, non-iron cotton, and tests on the Austin A35 and the Standard Ten cars]. Fashions, consumer demands etc can easily be traced, as may be noted in just a few of the articles : Comparative heating costs - 1960. Loans for houses - 1961. Car safety belts - 1962. Petrol -1964. Savings and investments - 1967. North Sea gas - 1967. Supermarkets - 1971. Train Services - 1977. This collection also includes the a Cumulative Index 1957 - 1976, the first issues of Handyman Which ?… Read More

Macdonald, 1984. Seventh edition. Large quarto, well illustrated, pp xx, 310, a very good copy in dustwrapper.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

New York, London, Paris: Friends of the Earth, 1979. Very well illustrated, small folio, pp 160, a very good copy in a dustwrapper showing very slight signs of wear. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1939. Illustrated, small 8vo, pp 136, fore-edge a little uneven, front endpapers slightly stained at top margin, spine browned, cloth rather splash-marked and faded.. Illus. by Browne, Barrington.

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1994. HARDBACK. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white, octavo, pp 478, very clean internally, pictorial laminated boards, very slightly rubbed, the spine slightly marked, no dustwrapper as issued. (First published 1901. This edition reprinted from the eighth edition revised, published by Country Life, 1933, with 16 colour illustrations added 1982. reprinted 1994).. Pictorial laminated boards. Good.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1856. First edition. Small octavo, pp viii, 296, slightly age-toned, illustrated with engravings in the text, a large corner has been cut from the title page to remove a signature, the name of the author has been written on the title page, and on the reverse an inscription states that this is a presentation copy to the botanist A.D. Cotton from J. Skan (?). Recently bound in a simple quarter leather and cloth and quite a good bright copy overall.. First Edition. Quarter leather. Good.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1928. Two volumes, thick octavo, well illustrated with 16 colour plates, 574 black and white plates, four folding maps (with slight wear), pp xxviii, 930, slight age-toning but overall exceptionally clean internally, bound in a later quarter calf, spines slightly faded and marked, with slight bleaching. SCARCE. . First Edition. Quarter calf and cloth. Very Good.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1959. First UK edition. Octavo, pp 384, fore-edge a little age-toned and foxed, top and bottom edges similar, red cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper (designed by Guy Fleming) is not price-clipped but is rather worn and scyffed with some minor loss. [The War Lover is about Buzz Morrow, a pilot who glorifies war and his military duties. Hersey makes the point that wars exist precisely because there are men like Buzz who revel in them. At the same time, he gives us a detailed account of a Flying Fortress crew based in England during WW II. The language is rough and expressive, revealing the loyalties, humor, and camaraderie existing in this wartime atmosphere. It was made in to a film of the same title in 1962, starring Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner and Shirley Anne Field. ]. First UK edition. Cloth. Good/Rather worn and frayed. Illus. by Guy Fleming.

London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1891. Small 8vo, pp viii,312, red cloth, a reasonably bright ex-library copy, with labels at front and rear endpapers, stamps on title page, white shelf number on spine. The spine is fraying slightly, otherwise a reasonable copy.. Cloth. Good.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1990. First UK edition. Large octavo, pp viii, 376, age-toned around the margins, otherwise very clean and sound internally, black cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and has only very slight signs of use. [Louis de Bernières' magical, tragic and hilarious South American odyssey. When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them. Despite visiting plagues of laughing fits and giant cats upon the troops, the villagers know that to escape the cruel and unusual tortures planned for them, they must run. Thus they plan to head for the mountains and start a new and convivial civilisation.....]. First British edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Published by the author Not dated - c. 2011 ? Small slim octavo, pp 69, paperback, ringbound, a very good copy. Signed by author. Postage will be reduced.. First Edition. Ringbound paperback. Very Good.

Warwick Two volumes, one illustration each, pp35; 43, typed, xeroxed and stapled, paperback, a little worn and age-toned throughout. RARE. [These were the second and third annual reports of the society.. With the signature of Armand E. Le Gros on one cover - he contributed the article on tardigrades, and with a signed typed note from him to anther member, L.Morris.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Illustrated, thick octavo, pp 655, very clean internally, cloth-backed boards very good, the dustwrapper is price-clipped and rather frayed, torn and stretched. [Sybil Sassoon's copy, with her signature on the title page and the front endpaper.]. {"Donald Morris delivers an account of the rise of the Zulu nation in southern Africa, and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu war of 1879. For more than a century after the European landing at Cape Town in the 17th century, the Boers had advanced unopposed into the vast interior of Africa. It was not until 1824 that Europeans came face to face with another expanding and imperial power, the Zulus, the most formidable nation in black Africa. That confrontation culminated in a bitter war between the Zulu warriors and Victoria's British Army. It was the last despairing effort of Africans to stem the tide of white civilization. The result was a dramatic, legendary and defeat at Isandhlwana for the British; the aftermath… Read More

Enfield: Hardy Plant Farm, 1938. Well illustrated with black and white photographs, large octavo, pp 120, a litle foxing to the fore-edge, otherwise clean internally, paperback, the covers very slightly worn. With the bookplate of the horticulturist and garden writer Peter Rose. [In effect, a substantial nursery catalogue, though not priced. Not dated, though the Lindley Library dates the fourth edition as 1938. I suspect the different "editions" are actually identical reprints, or nearly so.]. Fourth edition. Paperback. Good.

Christie's, 1987. Illustrated, large slim octavo, pp 36, paperback, slightly bruised along the lower edges otherwise a very good copy.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Windhoek, Namibia: Gamsberg Macmillan, 1989. Illustrated with line drawings and watercolour sketches, small slim 8vo, pp 143, pictorial boards, slightly worn. [Sybil Sassoon's copy, with notes and a label on the front endpaper.]. Pictorial laminated boards. Very Good.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1997. Well illustrated, quarto, pp 127, very clean internally, black cloth showing the slightest sign of wear on the bottom edges, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and has the slightest signs of use. [The author reveals the secret of developing simple watercolour techniques in this book, and demonstrates how to tackle all aspects of landscape painting, from the initial idea to the finished picture. It explains how to create landsapes that work and capture the beauty of skies and clouds.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London & Portland: Croom Helm & Timber Press, 1983. Illustrated, octavo, pp 159, a small star on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, black cloth in very good condition, in a slightly rubbed dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly rubbed.

The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1905. First edition. Illustrated with thirty fine botanical plates (of which 11 are in colour), 82 text illustratione, large quarto, pp xiv, 279, an exceptionally clean copy internally, recently bound in strong blue cloth with a red label. Very good. [A heavy book - extra postage may be needed.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Platform Ten Productions (LPTL), 1987. Illustrated, small slim octavo, pp 40, paperback, a very good copy. [Postage will be reduced]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.