Constable publishing london (15 résultats)

Hardback. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. re-issue. 205 pp, 97 coloured photographs. No inscriptions, clipping, fading wear or marks.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Near Fine. Illustrated by Gareth Floyd. No statement of printing. Fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. small blue hardcover 8vo. (octavo ~ 12mo ? 4.5"x7"). pocket or purse size. dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. as new. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (FPu1988 & nap). 313p. 1 double page b&w map. 100 additional b&w maps & diagrams. 56 b&w photographs. appendix. glossary. architecture. history of scotland. religion. history of christianity. art history. travel guides. archaeology. ~ A companion to Mr New's book on the abbeys of England and Wales; in this new volume the author has also covered priories, friaries and collegiate churches. The ecclesiastical remains from pre~Reformation Scotland are plentiful though often much less known than their English counterparts. Many of them reach back to Celtic times and many, like the Abbey of Iona and the collegiate Church of St Giles in Edinburgh, are now in full use by worshipping communities and are familiar to tourists. With two exceptions where access is forbidden, Mr New has visited every building and site he describes. The great number of parish kirks that used to be served by their own 'colleges' of priests are all included and a vision is conjured up of a thriving network of religious pre~Reformation establishments providing service and centres of learning and prayer for a nation beset by constant power struggles and invasions. The monastic foundations since the Reformation in Scotland are sadly few but are fully covered as well. The reader will learn of the restored Priory of Pluscarden as well as the less time~worn buildings of Dumfries, Fort Augustus and Nunraw. Here is a compact book for the historically, spiritually and archaeologically curious. It is without rival and is plentifully illustrated with maps and plans. A glossary and useful appendices are also included. Anthony New is the author of Constable's guides to The Abbeys of England and Wales and The Cathedrals of Britain. He is a practising architect specialising in ecclesiastical and restoration work. Front cover: St Martin's Cross and Iona Abbey (photograph A.F. Kersting). Backcover:The Crown, St Giles, Edinburgh (photograph Anthony New). …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Dustjacket Very Good. Reprint. xvi + 224 pages incl index & bibliography. Dustjacket has light wear to spine-ends and spine-ends. Hardback binding has light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Colour and B&W illustrations. Pages very clean.

Hardback. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. WORDLY WISE A Book About the Origins of English Words and Phrases. James McDonald. Constable, London 1984 First Edition ISBN 0094652503 294pp Hardback Hidden away in dictionaries are a vast number of unlikely, surprising and even incredible stories about the origins of English words and phrases. James McDonald has produced a highly entertaining book, with each of some thirty chapters devoted to a sigle topic such as medicine, magic, law, religion, money, drink and sex. liberally sprinkled withamusing stories, each chapter shows how the language associated with these topics has evolved over the ages. This copy has a small binder's tear to the bottom of page 121 but this does not affect the text and it is otherwise in FINE condition. The unclipped dustwrapper is in FINE condition. Ref K2.…

Hardback. Etat : Mint. Etat de la jaquette : Mint. First Edition. SHOOTING LEAVE Spying Out Central Asia in the Great Game. John Ure. Constable Publishing, London 2009 First Edition ISBN 9781849010405 276pp Hardback. This mint copy is bound in burgundy cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is also in mint condition. Snow leopards and Cossacks can both be dangerous. But to young British officers in India in the nineteenth century there was only one thing more exciting than shooting wild game in the mountains and steppes of Central Asia, and that was spying out those uncharted lands and impeding the advance of Tsarist Russia towards the frontiers of the British Raj. When the two activities were combined - in what was euphemistically called 'shooting leave' - adventures followed thick and fast. "Shooting Leave" tells the thrilling story of the dashing cavalry officers who volunteered for these adventures. They were individuals of talent and courage, but also of disturbing prejudice, aristocratic arrogance, missionary zeal or trigger-happy temperament. But whatever their specific task, one factor remained common to all officers sent out on covert and exploratory missions: they were expendable. Here they are brought to life as characters in their own right, as well as players in the Great Game. Ref LL4.…

OLeinen. Second edition. XVIII, 375S. mit 123 figures (Abbildungen) und XLIX plates (Abbildungen). Zustand: Ca. 30 Seiten mit Bleistiftanstreichungen. Size: 8°.

Large 8vo., black clothbound hardback gilt; [viii] + 314pp, indexed, with 138 black and white text illustrations. Previous owner's modern bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing and tanning to edges and endpapers, boards wear and rubbing to edges of boards and spine. Good overall. (Shelf 200) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st edition. 1st edition, 2nd thousand, 1909. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 544 pp., with black/white images, drawings, plans and fold out charts. Bound in publishers green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Some scarring to the cloth on the front cover; gilt still bright on spine; some rubbing to edges, tips and spine. Previous owners name on title page in small neat print; otherwise appears unmarked.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good Indeed. A volume of twenty-four postcards depicting famous ocean liners, including four signed colour plates by Stephen J. Card. A unique volume comprising of twenty-four ready-to-mail postcards, each depicting a famous ocean liner, such as the Olympic, Titanic, Rex, Queen of Bermuda, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, and more.Including four colour plates loosely inserted, illustrating famous ships, each is pencil signed by the artist, Stephen J. Card.By William H. Miller, Jr.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, smart, with light rubbing to the extremities. A few light handling marks. Sticker to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. First leaf is working loose a little to the tail. Very Good Indeed. William H. Miller Jr; Stephen J. Card (illustrateur). signed by author. book. …

2 volumes: (XV),427;(VI),432 p. Cloth 22 cm 1400 gr.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 8vo. pp. x, 199. few b/w. illus. index. cloth. (corners rubbed, label on front paste down & paper glued to front end-paper).

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First edition. A collection of first edition illustrated works on British banking, in the publishers' original cloth bindings with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. A collection of first edition illustrated works on British banking, in the publishers' original cloth bindings with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers.This set contains:The Making of a Modern Banking Group by Edwin Green (1979)As Good as Gold: 300 Years of British Bank Note Design by V.H. Hewitt and J.M. Keyworth (1987)Bank of Scotland: A Very Singular Institution by Alan Cameron (1995)Messrs Hoare Bankers: A History of the Hoare Banking Dynasty by Victoria Hutchings (2005)With coloured illustrations (1987, 1995, and 2005 volumes) and monochrome only illustrations (1979) throughout. In the publishers' original cloth bindings with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent with slight shelf wear to Bank of Scotland volume only. Dust wrappers very smart with marginal age toning to reverse wrap of Modern Banking volume and spotting to Bank of Scotland reverse of wrap. Small closed tear to Modern Banking wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. Various Artists (illustrateur). book.…

[Castaway Collection] TWO NINETEENTH-CENTURY COPIES, plus a selection of related modern books. Eight volumes in total, all octavos of various sizes. 1) 'Robinson Crusoe' pp.[2] 238 [2]. With eight wood-engraved illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. In a mid-twentieth-century binding of quarter tan calf, with gilt titles to a red label, blind decoration to spine, and marbled paper over boards. All edges untrimmed. Toned with occasional spots throughout, otherwise internally clean. Light stains to spine. Very good. 2) 'Robinson Crusoe' pp.[2] vi; 538 [2]. Contemporary brown full calf for Edinburgh Academy, recently re-backed in tan calf, with the original spine showing gilt titles to a red label, raised bands, and further gilt decoration, laid over. Greek and Latin school mottos stamped in gilt to boards. All edges and endpapers marbled. School prize plate to front pastedown, dated 1841. Toned, with occasional spotting and pencil notations throughout. Hinges repaired with strips of brown cloth. Moderate general wear to binding, now restored to a robust, attractive condition. Very good. 3) 'A Narrative of the Adventures of Alexander Selkirk and Others, on which Defoe is believed to have founded his famous Romance', by Rev. H.C. Adams, pp.256. With a woodcut frontispiece. Publisher's tan cloth with titles and decoration in black, red, yellow and green to spine and upper. Hinges split but holding, with a bookseller's label to front pastedown. Gently toned with a few minor marks, otherwise internally clean. Fairly heavy wear to cloth, with spine nearly illegible. Good. 4) 'The Real Robinson Crusoe, being the life and strange surprising adventures of Alexander Selkirk of Largo, Fife, Mariner', by R.L. Megroz, pp.[14] 244 [2]. With eight black and white illustrated plates, and maps to endpapers. Publisher's grey cloth with black titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Blue ink gift inscription to first blank, dated 1943. Heavy spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Jacket toned with light chipping and a few closed tears to edges. Very good. 5) 'Crusoe's Captain, being the Life of Woodes Rogers, Seaman, Trader, Colonial Governor', by Brian Little, pp.240. With five black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, as well as four maps. Publisher's navy cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the blue illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 21s. Heavy spotting to edges, otherwise internally clean. Some light wear and creasing to jacket edges. Very good. 6) 'The Monarch of Juan Fernandez', by Martin Ballard, pp.192. With in-text illustrations and a sketch-map frontispiece by A.R. Whitear. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 18s. Spotting to edges, otherwise internally clean. Jacket sunned to spine, with light general wear. Very good. 7) 'Seatoun of Largo, a collection of Victorian Photographs and Largo Today', by Ivy Jardine, pp.135 [1]. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs. Publisher's light blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the blue photographic dust-jacket, priced at £6.95. Spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Boards bowed. Moderate general wear, including some closed tears, to jacket. Good. 8) 'The Man Who Was Robinson Crusoe', by Rick Wilson, pp.xii; 164. With a suite of four double-sided colour photographic plates. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, priced at £12.95. Lightly handled, with some sunning to spine and front cover. Very good. A collection concerning the 1719 castaway classic and its sequels, including two copies of the original book from the nineteenth-century, and six twentieth-century books on Alexander Selkirk-the main inspiration for Defoe's character.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Complete set of this comprehensive collection of the Works of Julian Fane. Each volume contains 3 or 4 novels. This is the authors own set in a beautiful full leather binding, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. Backstrips of the first 5 volumes show some fading. Bindings are not signed but are probably by Sangorski & Sutcliffe as evidenced by a card with Fanes letterhead and the handwritten note Sangorski & Sutcliffe" in volume 1. This is a very interesting edition in a unique binding.…