Search Results: Authors starting with B from Glenbower Books

London: The Dugdale Society, 1923. blue cloth, some rubbing to spine ends and corners.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1952 Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. dustwrapper partly foxed (spine and top edge); original title was 'The Hooded Hawk'.. Hardcover.

Cork University Press 1994, hb, 8vo, 530pp, no dw, fine. Originally published in two vols. in 1944 and 1947, this one-vol. reissue has a preface by Janet Todd.. Hardcover.

London: London: Associated Newspapers, 1956, 1956. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. red wraps, spine sl. faded, some browning around edges, else fine, illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: London: Seeley, 1908, 1908. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. green cloth nice and fresh, some foxing to outer leaves, illustrated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Seeley new edition undated, prob c. 1900 (original preface 1890), green cloth sunned in spine area, some shelfwear, text block clean and sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: London: Whittaker and Co. 1841, 1841. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. odd volume, original cloth rather worn and soiled, spine ends chipped, inner hinges cracked, top inch clipped from title page, presumably to remove owner's name, illustrated, occasional darkening to paper at edges, otherwise sound copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: London: Nelson, 1939, 1939. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. red cloth a bit rubbed, some ink calculations in margin of early leaf. An assessment of the world's rival empires on the brink of World War Two. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

NY: Norton, 1977. generally fine copy, owner's name on endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: John Sharpe, 1819. black cloth, small tear at spine head, no title on spine (no sign there ever was one), illustrated title page rather foxed, occasional foxing elsewhere, edges uncut (book was never read, old bookplate of Andrew Jameson (of the distilling family), 196 pages. Typeface is quite small. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Baynes, 1824. odd volume, half calf and marbled boards, front board almost detached, spine present but damaged, lacks one label, foxing affecting frontispiece and title page, and final page of text, text block otherwise sound and clean, pages lxxvi, 527. The introduction is a life of Bacon by an unnamed writer. Useful rebinder. I have eight others of the set, lacking only volume 8, spines generally much worn, bindings otherwise sound, text blocks all tight and clear of foxing. No inscriptions or library marks. All available at same price as volume 1, as a lot or separately. The images show the bindings of the set, which need attention, and also how clean they are internally - pictures show typical condition of pages throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Half-Leather. Fair/No Jacket.

London: Children's Press in rypical old Christmas annual style, picture of female aviator on front cover, spine missing, crudely strengthened with adhesive tape, generally well worn copy, but sound and tight, not paginated, plentiful illustrations, lots of inspiring stories for girls of probably the 1920s/1930s. No date, no edition stated. None of the named authors achieved subsequent fame, as far as I can tell. Apparently rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Bacon no date (early 20C), in boards, on cloth, in colour, in half-inch series, vg.. Hardcover.

London: Printed by G. Smith. Sold By T. Cooper, 1741. Ten volumes complete of this rare set, bound in calf, five raised bands, titled on spine Philosophical Transicti then numbered by volume, otherwise undecorated, bindings sound and tight but with some scuffing on leather on boards near spines, illustrated with folding copper plates, 14, 13 or 12 per volume, all complete and sound, text looks like it was never opened; pages mostly 516 per volume, plus index. Volume 1 is dated 1741, vols 2,3,4 dated 1739, vols 5,6,7 dated 1740, vols 8, 9, 10 dated 1741. The provenance is Barne Hall, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, from the library of Richard Moore, with his signature 'Ricardi Moore' on all volumes. Volume one has the extra handwritten information on front pastedown: 'Ex Libris Ricardi Moore. Pd for this and the other 9 vols £4-0-0'. During the sale, in 2012, it was explained that the library was shut away from about 1781 until the present, and some of the leather bindings became stuck… Read More

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1972. generally fine copy. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dublin: Carraig Books Undated reprint of the 1886 original, 69 pages plus folding map of Howth area and North Dublin Bay coastline.Covers the natural history and antiquitesof the area from Clontarf to Howth.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Constable, 1989. sound fresh copy.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. very slight wear to dustwrapper, generally fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1982. generally fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: London: Viking, 1988, 1988. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. signed copy, inscribed by author on title page 'To Noel with best wishes Graeme Fowler August '88'. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.