Search Results: Authors starting with B from Roz Hulse

Hudson's Bay Company, a Brief History. Hudson's Bay House, 1934. 8vo. Red cloth gilt device to front and back covers, spine faded. Pp x, 68, with 42 black and white illustrations. 2 coloured coats of arms laid on to title and final page. Bookplate and neat ownership inscription dated 1938 of Antarctic expert, Brian Birley Robert. For many years he was closely involved in Antarctic affairs, playing a leading role in the drafting of the Antarctic Treaty and providing so much of the basic framework for today’s wildlife and environmental protection legislation. With the Antarctic always his principal interest, he played a key role in the development of the Antarctic Treaty system and of the policies resulting in the establishment and evolutions of what now the British Antarctic Survey. A good association copy..

Beerbohn, Max : Fifty Caricatures. William Heinemann 1913. 8vo 185mm x 225mm. Title, Advert to recto [i,ii Contents], 50 Caricatures, the first 48 tipped in on brown card, 2 full page prints. 1 pp adverts. All clean and bright. Paper thinned area on back end paper. Green cloth with gilt caricature of author, gilt title to spine. A little bumped at edges and a small area of light fading to back cover. Stylish two tone caricatures of notable people and events of the early 20th century. An artistic political pictorial commentary of Bernard Shaw, Lloyd George, Mr Thomas Hardy composing a lyric, Bonar Law and Signor Caruso to name a few. In very good condition.

Beerbohm. Max,. More. London, Heinemann. 1922. Limited edition of 780 copies. 8vo, Cloth, paper title piece to spine. PP180. No inscriptions or marks. Binding in good order. All pages bright, clean and uncut. A very good copy unread copy.

Belloc. Hilaire. The Haunted House. Arrowsmith, London, 1927. First edition. 8vo.  Blue cloth light grey titles to front and spine. Top edge yellow.  Pp270 with 25 illustration by G K Chesterton, as called for.  Binding is worn and chipped on edges with small loss. One full page illustration is loose otherwise book is bright and tight. Neat ownership inscription on front free end paper of  Stella Tennyson Jesse, sister of the author  F. Tennyson Jesse.

Wolfe. Bertram D., Three Who made a Revolution. Beacon Press, Boston. 1962. 8th Printing. 8vo. Recent red cloth boards. Paperback front Board, pp661, paperback back card. Ownership book plate of Historian Ian Grey on front pastedown. Pencil note on verso of title page by Grey states that book was purchased in London Library and Bound in 21/04/1976 for GBP3.50. A neat rebind of this paperback with an interesting provenance.

Bewick, Thomas. Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others. In Three Parts. I. Fables Extracted from Dodsley"s. II. Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse. III. Fables in Verse. To which are prefixed The Life of Aesop, and An Essay Upon Fable by Oliver Goldsmith. Faithfully reprinted from the Rare Newcastle Edition published by T. Saint in 1784. London, Bickers and Son. 1871. 4to. Red morroco. Gilt decoration with black inlays. 5 raised bands, gilt decoration with black inlays, black and gilt title piece. Silk tricolour headbands. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentils, marbled end papers. Frontis portrait, half title, title, preface vii-xxix, Life of Aesop xxx -xxxvi, Essay Upon Fable xxxvii -xl. Pp312. 142 fables most with at least one illustration by Bewick, within a red printed border. Skillful reback retaining original spine, inner hinges strengthened. All pages and illustrations in excellent order throughout. The skillful beauty of Bewick illustrations with the fables from nature including… Read More

Blish, James. The Seedling Stars. Faber & Faber, London, 1967. 1st UK Edition. 8vo. Unclipped dustwrapper in very good order and now in loose protective clear cover. Blue boards, silver titles to spine. Pp185. Binding and all pages in tight, fine order.

Blishen, Edward. The Penny World. Mandarin. 1993. 1st Edition, paperback. 8vo. Pp258, 4pp publishers ads. A little light wear to spine, otherwise in excellent, tight, bright and clean condition. With authors inscription on half title page To Sim and Arnold/ from Edward/ (blazing with Cove)/ August 1993. The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997. I also have available Mind How you Go with an inscription to the Rattenburys from Blishen's widow Nancy.

Blishen, Edward. A Cackhanded War. London, Thames and Hudson. 1972. 1st Edition. 8vo. Green hardback, gilt T and H motif to front, gilt titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper. Pp230. Dustwrapper a little bumped at top edges, otherwise in near fine condition.Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. For Sim and Arnold./ I cant think of XX any/ readers Id rather have./ Edward/ may 1992/ on the occasion of their passing/ by on their visit to the/ Abbey! The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997. I also have available Mind How you Go with an inscription to the Rattenburys from Blishens widow Nancy.

Blishen, Edward. Mind How You Go. London, Constable,. 1997. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue Hardcover, silver titles to spine, with unclipped dustwrapper. Pp249. The printed dedication in this book is to Sim and Arnold Rattenbury and for Nick Taylor. Printed posthumously, there is a handwritten inscription on the front free endpaper by his widow Nancy. For Sim and Arnold, dear/ friends to whom this book/ is dedicated in love and friendship. From Nance. Also included, loose, is a letter from Nancy Blishen to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury and some contemporaneous reviews of the book including one written by Nicholas Tucker, which, from the letter written by Nancy was not accepted by a newspaper. She writes of the comments she has received from people about the book and of the Newspapers . Oh, I did love Mind How you Go. There is no admonishment of Edwards astonishing powers of selection and description. The wit is, if anything, even greater. Our battles with age and deterioration of our tiresome bodies are… Read More

Blishen, Edward. Donkey Work. London, Hamish Hamilton. 1983. 1st Edition. 8vo. Black hardback, gilt titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper designed by Edward Blishen. Pp249. Dustwrapper binding and pages all in near fine condition. Inscribed on front free endpaper To Sim and Arnold/ - in memory of Hyola/ & anticipation of Ffestiniog/ from/ Edward/ 1988. The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997.

Blunden, Edmund. The Poems of Wilfred Owen. London, Chatto and Windus, Phoenix Library 1st Edition 1933. 12mo. Purple boards, gilt title to spine. Pp135, Ads16. Boards rubbed at edges, sunned and ring stain to front. Neat ownership marks on front free endpaper of AF Rattenbury dated Winter 1937 together with the initials E.M.R and H.B.R. Arnold Rattenbury a noteable writer who's parent Harold Burgoyne Rattenbury and Emily (nee Ewins) were missionaries in China up to 1935. In the same hand on page 99 is Edmund Spenser's Sonnet 7 from Amoretti. All other pages are tight, bright and clean. A good book with an interesting provenance.

Bonne, Rigobert : Carte De L'Empire de Russie en Europe et en Asie. Paris, ca.1780. Copper engraved map with outline hand colouring. Central title and six scales. Plate number 24. Clean and bright on heavy paper. An attractive map showing northern hemisphere lands of Europe and Russian towards the North Pole. A fairly detailed depiction of this area. From "Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre...". Size approx 21x32cm (8.25x12.5 inches). Very good condition.

Bova., Ben. Millennium. A novel About People and Politics in the year 1999. 1976. Macdonald and Jane's, London. 1st Edition. 8vo. Burgundy Boards, gilt title to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper illustrated by Bob Layzellin protective removable cover. PP 277. In fine condition throughout.

Boydell, J. A View of Woolwich. Boydell. 1750. Engraving of boats on the River Thames near Woolwich. Sheet 370mm x 540mm, plate 260mm x 430mm. No12 from Boydells Collection of One Hundred Views in England and Wales. One small tear 12mm to blank margin, very light age tone to edges, otherwise in clean and bright condition with good strong print. Near fine.

Boydell J. Beeston Castle in Cheshire. J Boydell.engraved 1747 from an old drawing in the possession of Wm Cowper Esqr one of the Antiquarian Society. Sheet size 51cm x 35.5cm, plate size 49cm x 34cm. Copper engraving on heavy paper. Strong print of the Castle rising from the Cheshire Plain in the background, with people enjoying leisure time and shepherds tending to sheep. An attractive Boydell print in near fine condition.

Brewster. David. Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Optics. London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and JohnTaylor, Upper Gower Street. 1831, 1st Edition. Small 8vo. Brown Boards, Title to Spine. Pp 8 ads,Half title, title, Illustrated frontis, 6 index, pp383, 2nd title page, Front Board lose, part of spine missing, binding becoming lose. All pages, with line illustrations within text, tight, bright and clean. A good book in need of rebinding.

Lincoln. W Bruce. The Romanovs. Autocrats of the Russias. The Dial Press, New York. 1981. Uncorrected Proof. Red paper covers with black printed titles to front and spine. Pp951. With two typed letters signed. One from Douglas A Stump of the Dial Press to the Historian Ian Grey outlining the contents of the book and asking for his comments on the book. The other is letter is from the author to Ian Grey thanking him for his review of the book in History Today and indicating how Ian Grey had influenced his work. There are draft notes for a reply by Ian Grey in pencil on this letter. Book is tight bright and clean. Letters are bright and clean, though toned along one edge where they have been exposed to light. A first class work with an interesting provenance.

Bulwer Lytton, E. Arasmanes or The Seeker. London, Maclaren an Co. nd Ca 1905. 12mo. Marbled paper design slipcase. Paper covers with title in black to front and spine, red letter device to front and printers black devise to verso. With armorial bookplate of Geoffrey Drew Wood on front pastedown. Illustrated frontis. pp66. Slip cases is age soiled, covers age toned where not protected by slipcase. All pages in fine condition, the frontis print, strong and bright with good plate indent. A scarce book.

Bunyan. John,. Pilgrim's Progress & life & Death of Mr. Badman. Nonesuch Press. 1928. 8vo, limited Edition, No 1523 of 1600. Marbled boards with leather label with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt , others untrimmed. Full page colour wood block frontis by Karl Michel, title, contents [1], editiors introduction 5-22, Authors apology for the book I-vii, pp450 with 7 additional full apge colour woodcuts, publication statement. Free end papers a little discoloured otherwise book is clean and bright throughout. Karl Michel's 8 illustrations provide images of the publication time on this classic piece of work.