Collins Bros (6 results)

soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Published around 1940. 20 cm. 4 pages G. Good condition with light shelf wear and edge wear, creasing.

Illustrated laminated wrappers, 8vo, approximately 60 pp, ills (some colour). 109 items. Very Good.

Illustrated laminated wrappers, small 4to, unpaginated, in double-column format, approximately 60 pp. 1348 items. The cover-title continues ",together with works on insects, termites, and the History of Chemistry. Including a number of Business Histories, being the library of Col. F. J. Griffin, O.B.E. Together with interesting books on Bibliography including Book Binding, Palaeography, and Printing, comprising purchases from the Libraries of Geoffrey Glaister, author of The Glossary of the Book; the Late Colin Clair, the historian of Printing: and a selection from our stock." Contents: The Library of Col. F. J. Griffin - items 1-475; Science & natural history 476-557; Booksellers' Catalogues 558-604; Auctioneers' Catalogues 605-684; Palaeography & Autographs 685-788; Bookbinding 789-862; Periodicals 863-881; General Bibliography, etc. 882-1317 Addenda 1318-1348 Wrappers a little fingermarked, otherwise Good. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Fine condition. First Edition. London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1987. Appears unread. Very Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. London: Maggs Bros. Ltd. Summer 1987. Bookseller's catalogue # 1077. Illustrated in the text and with 12 black and white plates on glossy stock. Subtitle: "including a collection of dissertations from the library of Prince Furstenberg, books on grasses and popular natural history from the collections of C. E. Hubbard and the late Richard Freeman, books on botany, gardening, agriculture, ornithology, entomology, microscopy, geology, paleontology, chemistry, medicine and allied subjects. A large selection of books on the history, biography and bibliography of natural history and medicine." Catalogue compiled by John Collins. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Very Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Unpaged. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Used-Very Good. Octavo. 39 pp. Laid in: Breeding List. Mild shelf wear to wraps, with moderate chipping to spine fold. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. Nince CDs in original box; includes: 1 book (76 pages: illustrations, photographs). Classic comedy routines by the African American comedian Richard Pryor, plus 90 minutes of previously unreleased material from the Warner Bros. vaults and Pryor's private collection. Contents: Disc 1. Richard Pryor: Super nigger--Girls--Farting--Prison play--T.V. panel show--Smells--Army life--Frankenstein. -- Disc 2. That nigger's crazy: I hope I'm funny--Nigger with a seizure--Have your ass home by 11:00--Black & white life styles--Exorcist--Wino dealing with Dracula--Flying saucers--Back down--Black man/white woman--Niggers vs. the police--Wino & Junkie. -- Disc 3. Is it something I said?: Eulogy--Shortage of white people--New niggers--Cocaine--Just us--Mudbone--When your woman leaves you--Goodnight kiss--Women are beautiful--Our text for today--Ali. -- Disc 4. Bicentennial nigger: Hillbilly--Black & white women--Our gang--Bicentennial prayer--Black Hollywood--Mudbone goes to Hollywood--Chinese restaurant--Acid--Bicentiannial nigger. -- Disc 5 and 6: Wanted/Richard Pryor, Live in concert: New Year's eve--White and Black people--Black funerals--Discipline--Heart attacks--Ali--Keeping in shape--Leon Spinks--Dogs and horses--Jim Brown--Monkeys--Kids--Nature--Things in the woods--Deer hunter--Chinese food--Being sensitive. -- Disc 7: Live on the Sunset Strip: Women--Prison--Africa--Mafia Club--Mudbone--Freebase--Hospital. -- Disc 8. Here and now: Southern hospitality--Slavery--Motherland--I met the president--Fire exit--Mudbone--Inebriated--One night stands--One day at a time--I like women--Being famous--I remember. -- Disc 9. That "African-American" is still crazy: Good shit from the faults: Mudbone goes to Washington--Fame--Black messiah--Life--Death--My funeral--Acid--Patty Hearst--Fighting--Law--History lesson--I don't give a fuck--Fame--Therapy--WASPS--Getting older--God--Dog--M.S. American wit and humor -- 20th century. African American comedians -- Performances. Comedians -- Performances -- United States. African American comedians. American wit and humor. Comedians. Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005 -- Performances. All components (box, sleeves, booklet, etc) fine to near fine+. …