Recent Arrivals from Bath and West Books (PBFA)

London: John Murray, 1831. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Half Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Half leather binding with titling and gilt decoration to spine. Marbled paper-covered boards. Sprinkled page edges. Plain endpapers. A clean copy without foxing other than a sprinkling to front and back matter. Bookplate of John Oxberry to… Read more about this item

London: H. K. Lewis, 1893. Seventh Edition . Cloth. Fair. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Interesting and useful book in its original 19th century, pocket-sized form. Maroon cloth with titling in gilt to upper board and spine. Decorative endpapers. The binding is outwardly attractive with gilt bright, minor rippling to cloth on upper board,… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 2003. First Edition Thus, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown, Christopher. A clean, bright copy with minor rubbing. Minor spotting to page edges, heaviest to bottom. Contents clean, white and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Slipcase very good with slight sunning to plain… Read more about this item

Original Art. Very Good. Hickson, Joan. Original Postman Pat artwork by the artist, Joan Hickson, who originally transformed John Cunliffe's TV character into a drawn character for the BBC children's comic, Buttons, and went on to illustrate the beloved children's books. Illustrated in ink, gouache and watercolour on paper which is mounted and matted. Depicted in the three… Read more about this item

Oxford : Printed for the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral at The Oxford University Press, 1956. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Limited edition of 750 copies. Ex-university library copy with only evidence being to ffep and verso of title page, and to spines of book and jacket.… Read more about this item

New York: Helen Marx Books, 2003. First Edition Thus, First Impression . Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volume set, abridged from the three volume edition published by William Heinemann in 1907. Both books are in very good condition with minor external wear including faint, non-sticky residue from price stickers… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co. , 1906. First Edition Thus, First Impression . Cloth. Very Good Minus. Matching cloth bindings (two red, one blue) with titling and highly decorative fleur-de-lys pattern in gilt to spines. Pretty publisher's device in gilt to upper boards. General light wear and marking to bindings, and slight fading to red cloth on spines. Light… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 2022. First Edition Thus, First Impression First Printing. Fine Binding. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Benjaminsen, Audrey. A new copy in mint condition and original publisher's wrapping as received directly from The Folio Society. First edition thus, first impression. This edition is newly introduced by novelist and essayist Colm Tóibín, and… Read more about this item

London: Satellite Books, 1979. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition copy, flat-signed by the author to the front free endpaper: 'With every good wish, Lois Bourne'. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is generally clean with light foxing to inside edges, light scuffing and creasing,… Read more about this item

Berne: Hess Art Collection, 2003. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. German language text. Laminated hardcover. A fine unread copy. 112 pp. Catalogue with full-page colour plates. Forewords by Matthias Frehner and Donald M. Hess. Introduction by Johannes Gachnang. Artist's Statement by Georg Baselitz. Life and… Read more about this item

Berne: Hess Art Collection, 2003. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Baselitz, Georg. Laminated hardcover. A fine unread copy. 112 pp. Catalogue with full-page colour plates. Foreword by Donald M. Hess. Introduction by Johannes Gachnang. Artist's Statement by Georg Baselitz. Life and Work by Detlev Gretenkort.… Read more about this item

London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is bright with some marking, creasing, and rubbing to edges. Red cloth gilt. Clean and bright with minor bumping to spine and tips. Minor age-toning and spotting to page edges. Contents… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in price-clipped dust jacket which is bright with light marking, rubbing to edges, and small tears to spine tips. Black cloth gilt. Mostly clean with minor marking, and pushing to spine tips. Spotting to page edges.… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 2024. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vess, Charles. A new copy in the publisher's wrapping, as received directly from the Folio Society. This is the first printing of the first edition published by FS which sold out in ten days. Explore the realm… Read more about this item

Bath: The Friends of Bath Abbey, 2003. First Edition . Softcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine unread softcover copy. The covers are clean and bright without any creasing to the spine. The contents are clean, white and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 214 pp; b/w ills. Foreward… Read more about this item

Ludlow: Lyra's Books, 2023. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cai, Rovina. Limited edition of 500 hand-bound, letterpress printed copies. Signed by multi award-winning illustrator, Rovina Cai, who has contributed 16 newly commissioned colour plates, including frontispiece, and over 25 black and red silhouettes. Neil Gaiman's 'Coraline' is a 2002 'children's… Read more about this item

London: Francis Boutle, 2020. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean (apart from one small mark to front) and bright with light scuffing and rubbing/bumping to edges. Black cloth with silver titling to spine: clean and bright with light… Read more about this item

Abingdon: Routledge, 2014. First Paperback Edition . Softcover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover copy which is clean and bright with uncreased spine. White page edges with one minor mark to top. 14 pages have minor marginal annotations in ballpoint pen but contents o/w clean, white, tight and fresh. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2017. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover copy which is clean and bright with slight bumps to spine tips. Contents clean, white, tight and fresh without inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. … Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 2021. Limited Edition First Printing. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Marston, George. Folio Society limited edition of 500 copies, this being #107. A new copy as received directly from the Folio Society, and stored in the original FS protective packaging. Devised by Ernest Shackleton to sustain his men's spirits during… Read more about this item