Search Results: Titles starting with R from Cocksparrow Books

HARDBACK "OVER SEVENTY YEARS OLD," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1949 * Publisher: Michael joseph. * Binding and cover condition: Dull red cloth, gilt title to spine and to green spine label. No bumps or rubs, very slight age to tail of spine, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Jacket condition: Heavily worn and repaired dust wrapper with some losses. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. Mono reproductions to front and rear on a pale green ground with black titles. POOR * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight age to top edge, very small inscription to final blank page, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: 14pp full page b/w reproductions and portrait to frontis.* Pages: 222 pp. text. vii pp. bibliography & index at rear.* Description: A popular biography of one of the greatest of all English artists has long been needed, and this portrait by Andrew… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE LIMITED PRINT RUN OF 1000," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2007* Publisher: Pakistan National Council of the Arts.* Binding & cover condition: Colour illustrated & laminated covers showing dancers in costume against blue background, black title to spine & face. Very slight bump & tiny rub to tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Matching dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Printed price of 1800 Pakistani rupees to verso & hand written price to fep. Minor shelf wear to edge & to head of spine. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned end papers with slight damage to top of rear paste down. Clean, crisp, tight & bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, a few very slight marks, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos & line drawings throughout.* Pages: 248 pp. text.* Contents:- Introduction, The Story of Four… Read More

Readers Digest, 1976-01-01. 1st Thus, Revised Reprint.. Hardcover. VG+/VG+/ND. Box X42 HARDBACK ""READERS DIGEST,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Reprint: Revised.* Date: 1976 (1975).* Pub: The Readers Digest Association.* Binding and cover condition: Text illustrated textured coloured boards. Black & gilt titles to face & silver title to black spine strip. Minor bumps to lower corners, no rubs. Minimal shelf wear to head & tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Ex school-library copy with the usual stamps and labels. Marbled end papers in shades of red and purple. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Some slight age to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: Numerous colour, mono & b/w line drawn illustrations.* Pages: 593 pp. text. xvi pp. index, credits, acknowledgements & blank pages at rear.* Description: Stories that are bizarre, unusual, odd, astonishing, incredible but true? Part One:- The… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 3rd. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1985* Publisher: Readers Digest Association.* Binding and cover condition: Olive green cloth, gilt title to spine and large floral design to face. No bumps, slight rubs to edges and corners. GOOD+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear. Patterned end papers. Owners name to front end paper & some marks with small annotations to text. Slight marks to edges. VG* Illustrations: Colour photos & b/w line drawings to each pages throughout. B/w line drawings to appendices at rear.* Pages: 744 pp. text. lv pp. appendices at rear.* Description: A detailed and well laid out encyclopaedia of plants including many varieties for each species. Many are illustrated with colour flower photographs and a subsidiary black and white sketch of the whole shrub or plant. Details include the size, colour, hardiness and preferred alkalinity requirements… Read More

HARDBACK, ?LARGE & HEAVY,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus* Date of Pubn: 1989* Publisher: The Readers Digest Association.* Binding and cover condition: Text illustrated covers with plastic coated boards, black and white titles to spine & face on an orange, red and pink ground. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (mid blue). Top edge a little dusty. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: A number of colour line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 767 pp. text. i pp., acknowledgements at rear.* Description: A dictionary to help the user find the word that are on the tip of their tongue. Elusive words, awkward words, impressive words, persuasive words, precise words, technical words. This… Read More

HARDBACK "SOUGHT AFTER," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1996* Publisher: BCA for Nicholas Brealey Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED No shelf wear, few very small marks to edge FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, seems un-used. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 337 pp. text.* Description: A team at McKinsey's set out to discover why some companies were able to change and go on to higher performance levels while most others got bogged down. Their extensive research came to a surprising conclusion: the make or break factor is not top management but a new breed in the middle.* A FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. * Date of Publication: 1999* Publisher: Virago.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated Textual soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Single crease to spine. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight colouration to page margins and edges. VG* Illustrations: A few b/w photo-illustrations within text. * Pages: 312 pp. text.* Product Description:- Augusta Olsen is a woman with passions and desires who has inherited three things from her mother:a wayward heart, a talent for beekeeping and the very dubious gift of second sight. These are legacies just too big for a young wife who finds life on a remote farm with shy, awkward Karl and his detestable father almost unbearable. But farming husbands and wives are married to their land as… Read More

The Pre-Raphaelist Society., 2019-01-01. 1st Edn. 1st Imp.. Paperback. F/F/ND. Box X28 SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2019* Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing ?Apple Blossoms,? 1859 by John Everett Millais. Staple bound showing no rust. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 47 pp. text. vi pp. letters, notes, competitions & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The spring edition 2019, of the PRS review with articles about the John Pickard essay prizes & essays on ?The PRS Poetry prizes.?… Read More

The Pre-Raphaelist Society., 2020-08-01. 1st Edn. 1st Imp.. Paperback. F/F/ND. Box X28 SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL SPECIAL ISSUE ON SIMEON SOLOMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2020* Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing ?The Mystery of Faith,? 1870 by Simeon Solomon. Staple bound showing no rust. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 103 pp. text. ii pp. advertisements & competitions at rear.* Product Description:- The Autumn edition 2020, of the PRS review with articles on The Queer Jewish Pre-Raphaelite: Simeon Solomon (1840-1905),… Read More

The Pre-Raphaelist Society., 2018-08-01. 1st Edn. 1st Imp.. Paperback. F/VG+/ND. Box X28 SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SPECIAL WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT 30th. ANNIVERSARY EDITION, SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2018 * Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society. * Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing ?Self Portrait,? 1867 by William Holman Hunt. Staple bound showing no rust. Slight chip to front edge of spine. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 139 pp. text. iv pp. notes & queries at rear.* Product Description:- The Autumn edition 2018, of the PRS review with articles on… Read More

The Pre-Raphaelist Society., 2020-06-01. 1st Edn. 1st Imp.. Paperback. F/F/ND. Box X28 SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2020* Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing ?Byron?s Dream,? 1874 by Ford Maddox Brown. Staple bound showing no rust. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 63 pp. text. ii pp. advertisements & competitions at rear.* Product Description:- The summer edition 2020, of the PRS review with articles on Luca Signorelli?s The School of Pan, J.W.Waterhouse?s Margaret, Scottish Martyr, Fred Mason, a… Read More

The Pre-Raphaelist Society., 2012-08-01. 1st Edn. 1st Imp.. Paperback. F/F/ND. Box X29 SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2012 * Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society. * Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing Ireland's favourite painting, ""Burton's The Meeting on the Turret Stairs"". Staple bound showing no rust. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to covers & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, plates & illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 76 pp. text. i pp. notes at rear.* Product Description:- There is no index but there are a number of articles including ""Cultural Anxieties in Pre-Raphaelite ""Significant""… Read More

SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,?.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2012 * Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society. * Binding and cover condition: Monochrome-illustrated soft card covers (pink,) showing "Poliphlo kneels before Queen Eleuterylida" by Aldus Manutius. Staple bound showing no rust. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: A few b/w photos & illustrations within text.* Pages: 61 pp. text.* Product Description:- The Summer edition 2012, of the PRS review with articles on Colonna's Dream of Poliphilo and Burne Jones's Love Among The Ruins, Rook's King Ahab's Coveting, Did marriage change Georgiana Burne-Jones Life? There are also various Book reviews, Poetry prize Winners and meeting reports. The Pre… Read More

SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,?.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2011 * Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society. * Binding and cover condition: Monochrome-illustrated soft card covers (light grey-green,) showing a Haymaking landscape. Staple bound showing no rust. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: A couple of b/w photos within text.* Pages: 69 pp. text.* Product Description:- The Autumn edition 2011, of the PRS review with articles on Some Thoughts on Ruskin, Pater, Morris and Rossetti. Pyramids and Leaves: Ruskin's Artistic Discourse. Various Book reviews, Poetry prize Winners and meeting reports. The Pre Raphaelist Society review is published three times a year.* This is a FINE copy of the… Read More

SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2015* Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers showing a section of poetry. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: A number of monochrome photos within text throughout.* Pages: 52 pp. text. i pp. advertisements to inside of rear cover.* Product Description:- The Summer edition No. 2, of the PRS review with articles on The Fall and Finale of Fanny Cornforth, I Sleep, But My Heart Waketh, Simeon Solomon and Walt Whitman, The Yeats Sisters, The Homecoming of Antigone, Sleeping Beauties in Victorian Britain, ed. Beatrice Laurent, The Lost Pre-Raphaelite, The Secret… Read More

SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2016* Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers showing a section of poetry. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: A number of colour and b/w illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 100 pp. text. i pp. advertisements to inside of rear cover.* Product Description:- The Autumn edition No. 3, of the PRS review with articles on A Damned Proeraphaelite' ? George du Maurier's Ekphrastic Drawings for Good Words, Once a Week and The Cornhill (1860-65), Edward Burne-Jones's, The planets: The Cartoon of Mars at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Images of… Read More

SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2014* Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers showing a section of poetry. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: A number of b/w illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 88 pp. text. i pp. advertisements to inside of rear cover.* Product Description:- The Spring edition no. 1, of the PRS review with articles on Edward Burne-Jones, the reverse of manliness, two interesting illustrations by Millais for Tennyson's "St Agnes Eve." Keeping the Pre-Raphaelite spirit alive: Laurence Hauseman and the art of bookmaking. etc. etc.. The Pre Raphaelist Society review… Read More

SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2014* Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers showing a section of poetry. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: A number of b/w illustrations & diagrams within text throughout plus errata slip.* Pages: 120 pp. text. i pp. advertisements to inside of rear cover.* Product Description:- The Summer edition no. 2, of the PRS review with articles on Fanny Eaton "The Other Pre-Raphaelite Model," In Defence of Walter Deverell, The Bromley Family, A New Interpretation, Christina Rossetti: Anti-Pre- Raphaelite. The Languages of Dante Gabrielle Rossetti. etc. etc.. The… Read More

SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2014* Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers showing a section of poetry. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos/illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 66 pp. text. i pp. advertisements to inside of rear cover.* Product Description:- The Autumn edition no. 3, of the PRS review with articles on "A Social Call," Hoylandswaine, the legacy of the John Roddam Spencer Stanhope mural, Interweavings: Tom Roberts and John Everett Millais, Is Chatterton Shelley? etc. etc.. The Pre Raphaelist Society review is published three times a year.*… Read More

SOFTBACK ?PERIODICAL,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2016* Publisher: The Pre-Raphaelist Society.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers showing a section of poetry. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. No colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: A number of b/w illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 76 pp. text. i pp. advertisements to inside of rear cover.* Product Description:- The Summer edition No. 2, of the PRS review with articles on An Interview with the Goblin Market, The Pre-Raphaelite Madonna, Notes on the lady, Correspondence between Paul Barlow & Theresia van der Meij, "The Golden Stairs" and "William de Morgan's Blackbird Vase, etc. etc.. The Pre Raphaelist Society… Read More