R E Stockley (11 results)

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 1 plate. This engraving depicts the illâ'fated pair whose tragic story captivated late eighteenthâ'century audiences. The print reflects contemporary interest in the dramatic circumstances of Reayâs death and Hackmanâs subsequent trial, offering a stylised visual interpretation for collectors of the period. Some foxing. An authentic standalone item, extracted from the annual volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 11.5 x 19 cms. Category: Celebrated Trials; Special Interest. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. THE DUST JACKET IS RUBBED AND HAS FOXING. THERE IS A SMALL PENNED MARK TO THE FRONT JACKET. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE SCUFFED AND TORN. THERE IS A TEAR TO THE BASE OF THE FRONT JACKET. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND BOTH ENDS ARE SCUFFED. THERE IS FOXING TO THE PAGE EDGES. THE BOARDS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. THERE IS A SMALL STICKER TO THE FRONT INSIDE BOARD. THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT FOXING INSIDE. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, mauve cloth lettered white, a very well preserved copy in a mildly rubbed pictorial dust wrapper that has a faint water stain at the foot of spine, twenty-two plates, of which six are in colour, xiii + 248pp. Uncommon in a dust wrapper.

Signed by Roy E. Stockley to the front endpaper. First edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's cloth, presented in an unclipped dust wrapper. The wrapper is a little edgeworn and lightly soiled towards the edges of the panels; the spine ends are a touch chipped, resulting in small losses to the head of the spine. The book is a touch bumped to the corners and spine ends. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. The binding is perhaps a touch loose on occasion, the pages lightly age-toned towards the edges. Illustrated with monochrome and colour plates bound to rear. A bright signed first edition.

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 19cm), xiii, 248pp. 22pp plates, including a colour frontispiece. Original purple cloth, dustwrapper. Light foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the text block, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (some foxing, short nick to the front panel). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. Hardback. With dust jacket. With Personalised signing by R.E. Stockley. SIGNED COPY. Photograph available on request.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Pp. xiii, [1], 248; colour frontispiece plate and 21 further plates of which five in colour.Original dust jacket clean and bright, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, of purple cloth with white lettering very slightly faded to the top and bottom edge of the spine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked no inscriptions, no foxing, pages crisp. A near fine copy. An increasingly rare book. Size: 4to. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. (xiii) 248pp including index. Red cloth boards with titles in white to front cover and spine in protected unclipped dustwrapper with some tears and losses to spine & rear. 22 Plates of which six in colour. Covers show light bumping to extrmities. Calligraphed ownership inscription to ffep. Text block bright, tight and lovely.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. G. E. Hyde (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated monograph on the Purple Emperor butterfly, in the original dust wrapper and inscribed by one of the authors. The first edition.Presentation copy. Inscribed by one of the authors (R. E. Stockley) to the front free endpaper; "To Clive Wishing you every success with the London Butterfly House. 17th June 1981 Roy. E. Stockley".With a postcard addressed to the author's friend 'Clive', whom this work was gifted to, from his friend, Sir Christopher Lever, thanking Clive for lending him the book and discussing his experiences with the Purple Emperor butterfly. Christopher Lever was a zoologist and author of works on nature.Illustrated with a full colour frontispiece and 15 monochrome and colour plates. Collated complete.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This work was written as a collaboration between I. R. P. Heslop, G. E. Hyde and R. E. Stockley and provides a comprehensive monograph on the Purple Emperor butterfly. The work consists of a collection of papers from the three authors on the butterfly in focus and is accompanied by photographic plates taken by G. E. Hyde including portraits of the authors. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only slight bumping to the tail of the spine and to the extremities of the boards. Ink inscription by the author to front free endpaper with only a very minor mark to the front pastedown. The wrap is generally smart with minor chipping, marks, very minor loss to the tail of the front and very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 22 plates of which 6 in colour. pp.248, list of subscribers. Very scarce. Size: Sm.4to.