Author great britain (158 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: NEW. Reprint edition. 70 p. "This is the second and final instalment of an addenda and corrigenda to the late Francis Hemming's 'Generic Names of the Butterflies and their Type-Species' (Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 9, 1 August 1967)." [from the Preface] Contains bibliographic analyses of sever…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition. 8vo. 104 pages with some good black and white photographic plates. This is an excellent account of the experiences of Merseyside children in the Second World War based on the author's early life. In original attractive pictorial card covers which have some light creas…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition. 8vo. 40 pages. This is a delightful collection of poems by a talented Bolton writer. Some of the poems are in dialect. Nicely illustrated throughout with drawings by Andrée Bowen. Previous owner's bookplate and name on inside front cover. In original pictorial texture…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. 204 pages. 8vo. Well illustrated with black and white plates and maps. This is a most interesting account of the author's experiences as an officer in the Royal Artillery Regiment including his active service in the 1941 Greek Campaign, Crete and the battles fought in the…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Second Enlarged Edition. This is a 2nd revised and enlarged edition.A5. 96 pages. Well illustrated throughout with very good black and white photographic plates. Also contains a pedigree of the Gawthorpe Shuttleworths and a map of the area. This is a very detailed and fascinating account of the…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Large horizontal format. 41 pages. Very well illustrated throughout with map and excellent black and white drawings and photographic plates. In original attractive pictorial card covers which are a little rubbed at the spine and have a slight crease at the top corner. N…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition. 8vo. 50 pages. Contains an interesting collections of 27 poems mainly related to Liverpool together with some striking black and white whole page illustrations. Previous owner's blind stamp at corner of title page. In original buff pictorial card covers. Very Good++.…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. A5. 36 pages including a number of excellent illustrations by Paul Hargreaves. The author and her husband lived in Blackpool from 1949 and ended up as Mayor and Mayoress in 1972. Nicely produced in buff textured card covers. Near Fine. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM. Pa…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. A5. 14 pages including some very striking illustrations by different artists. This contains 7 war poems by Malcolm Campbell who writes under the name of Lowell Dobbs. In original white card covers with a very striking black and white repeat motif. Inscribed and signed…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. 40 pages. Large horizontal format. This book was produced to coincide with the XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester and the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002 but mainly it covers the games children played in the decades before. Comprises numerous reproductions of Frances Len…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 4to. 48 pages. Nicely produced on quality paper. Well illustrated throughout with excellent black and white photographic plates (including one of Diana, Princess of Wales, visiting Castleberg Hospital). It also has an excellent whole page map. In original attractive pic…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. A5. 90 pages. Well illustrated with black and white and colour photographic plates and lots of useful sketch maps. The subtitle is "Walks In and Around the Saddleworth Hills". The author is a real enthusiast and he manages to convey this in his writing. Signed by the…