torchstream books (53 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1946. First Published. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Noticeable ring marks to front board. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Zustand: Good. Limited edition No. 37 of 975 copiesGeneral wear to boards with some toning and marks. Hinges are a bit cracked. Content has even toning and a pen mark on the front pastedown. No DJ.

Zustand: Good. 4th edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with spotting. Good DJ has chips/tears and scuffing.

Zustand: Good. 1945. First Edition. 146 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and mild foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild water staining to front panel. Pencil scribble to front panel. Mild tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 4th Edition. 1950 4th edition. 184pp. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth boards with minor rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, very slight patchy fading to spine ends. Contents clean and tight. Nice DW with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, very minor loss to edges, very minor soiling. B&W plate at frontis. Decorative endpapers. The love lives of 10 famous women - Nell Gwyn, Lady Hamilton, Ninon de Lenclos, Queen Elizabeth I, Marguerite of Navarre, Catherine the Great, George Sand, Madame du Barry, Lady Blessington & Madame de Stael.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. undated, dust jacket is in good condition, minor marks, light bumping and creasing to edges, price unclipped, 261pp, pages clean and VG condition.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Sexual Behavior, Marriage Customs, Cultural Anthropology) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 146 p. : port. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 ; Fiction. Soldiers ; Fiction. Genre: History. Language: English. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; [44] p. ; 18 cm. Subject; International organization. 3 Kg.

Zustand: Good. 1953. First Edition. 312 pages. Brown dust jacket over brown cloth and black lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Water staining to spine.

Zustand: Good. 1954. Limited Edition. 295 pages. Beige dust jacket over red cloth. No. 294 of 975. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible sunning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends and edges. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Soft cover. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gift inscription written on the front inner board and Name of the previous owner written on the front free end paper page. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Frontispiece. Publication of 312 pages. There is gilt on the spine and on the front cover. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and a touch edge worn. The netting is visible on the last blank page. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NO DJ, CLOTH SUNNED, SHELF WEAR ON BOARDS, CLOTH WEAR AT EXTREMITIES, TANNED ON SIDES, OTHERWISE GOOD. 350 GRAMS.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Torchstream Books, Privately Printed, 1953 1st Edition. Limited edition no. 371 of 975 copies. Illus. Hardcover. Book condition: Very Good in similar edge worn dj. Frontispiece loose, otherwise binding firm, text and images bright. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 184 p. : port. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Women Biography. Women Coquetry. Famous women in history. Biographical sketches of notable European women. 3 Kg.

c.318pp. 8vo. Original cloth in d/w which is a little chipped and browned around the edges, otherwise a very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Book in good condition, no dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Included. 2nd Edition. Spine gilt a bit faded.This is the second impression of the second edition of a title first published in 1940. A really clean and sound copy.XVI, 328pp.

1st ed. Pages a little browned; green cloth faded on spine. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket).

hardcover. Zustand: Good. No dust jacket. The pages are lightly tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. No dust jacket. The pages are lightly tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Criminal Law, Torture, History) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 467/1375 numbered copies of this edition. 267pp, 1pp of publisher's ads, 13 black and white plates. Red cloth-covered boards, blue titles on white label on spine, bound in satin ribbon marker, bottom and fore text block edges untrimmed, grey patterned endpapers. 8vo. Boards lightly stained. Spine lightly stained, shelf number on spine. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, corners moderately rounded, top front corner bumped, bottom edge of rear board bumped and has a small tear. Text block edges tanned. Front pastedown has an ex-lender's bookplate, front free endpaper has a lending sheet and ex-lender's barcode, free endpaper has a lending sheet, rear pastedown has a lending pocket. Copyright page has 2 ex-lender's stamps and some pen notes. Occasional light staining throughout volume. Plate 21 is loose and just loosely laid in, it has tape residue and heavy tanning from a past repair attempt (also affecting page 226). Ribbon marker is heavily creased and tanned and frayed at the end. Dust jacket is protected in a Brodart-style sleeve; spine lightly sun-faded, shelf number sticker at heel, heavy chipping at ends; heavy chipping at corners and moderate wear along top edge. In 3 parts: aphrodisiacs through the ages, the cookery of love, medicine and sexuality.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good (-). First Edition. Limited Edition no 144 of 975 numbered copies. Tape marks to end papers. No other added marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with damp-marked boards and a little bumping to some corners. Page edges uncut. Minor damp effect to top edge of a very small number of pages. Damp effect to jacket and upper edge with a number of small tears. 271pp. The study of love as practised in the world's religions both old and new including witch doctors, geisha and christian love. Illustrated. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9 x 6 inches.

Zustand: Fair. London: Torchstream Books, 1950. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. xx+312pp. Illustrations. Fair book. No dust jacket. Spine cracked. (Capital Punishment, Crime, History) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st. A study of aphrodisiacs through the ages. 267pp, illustrated.VG clean copy in red cloth boards. Dust wrapper rather worn with loss to head of spine. Limited edition copy 587/1375.

BINDING - Hardcover. Zustand: CONDITION - used/fair. 1st Edition. 127 Pages. Lower Edges Water Stained.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. A study of Aphrodisiacs throughout the ages, with sections on Suitable Food, Glandular Extracts, Hormone Stimulation and Rejuvenation. 267pp with black and white plates. Limited edition of 1375 numbered copies this being No. 326.