Search Results: Authors starting with B from Bookfare

London: Nelson, 1937 Colour frontispiece and 34 black & white illustrations by Colin Dilly; A volume in "The Nelsonian Library" edited by John Hampden; Riding instruction in the form of a childrens novel; Hardback: red cloth decorated in gilt and blind, top edge red; Some cover wear, light foxing, previous owner's name to front free end-paper, vg.

1st Edition, Claud Morris, London, 1946 Wood engraved frontispiece by C.W. Taylor; 26 illustrations by F.N. Steward; Hardback: green cloth lettered in black on spine, illustrated end-papers; Covers cockled, binding pulling at foot, vg.

London: English Universities Press, 1950 Portrait frontispiece; A volume in the "Teach Yourself History Library" edited by A.L. Rowse, with an introduction by the editor; Hardback: beige cloth decorated in blue on spine, top edge blue, map end-papers (different front and rear); Front hinge slightly tender, minor pencil annotation, previous owner's name to half-title, near fine in tatty dustwrapper.

Athlone Press, London, 1981 Paperback; Slight signs of use, near fine.

1st Edition, Hamish Hamilton, 1986 13 illustrations; Black cloth lettered in gilt; Reviewer's notes to rear free end-paper and 7 small annotations to text, else fine in near fine dustwrapper.

1st English language Edition, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1982 Folding map; 43 colour illustrations; 91 black & white illustrations; A volume in the "China Knowledge Series"; Authors: Yang Zhao, Fang Linggui, Gong Shuduo and Zhu Zhongyu; 574 pages; Paperback; Wrappers used and a little torn at head of spine, inscription to front free end-paper, g+

1st Edition, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943 A volume in the "P.E.N. Books" edited by Hermon Ould; Hardback: patterned paper boards, errata slip tipped-in; Some light signs of use, lacks spine label, else near fine.

London: Hutchinson, 1962 Hardback: black cloth lettered in gilt on spine, light blue end-papers; Spine creased, covers a little dusty, end-papers browned, vg in slightly torn dustwrapper faded on spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Pulborough, West Sussex: Privately Printed, 1985 Tipped-in portrait frontispiece and 7 other illustrations; "125 copies privately printed for Barbara Wall by Peter Lloyd at The Gamecock Press, Rugby and bound by Woolnough Fine Bindings Irthlingborough"; Mother's memoir of her deceased daughter; Hardback: red cloth lettered in gilt on spine, decorated title-page, issued without dustjacket; Covers a touch dusty, near fine.

Bloomsbury, 2000 48 illustrations; Paper wrappers; Spine slightly creased, fine.

1st Edition, Rigby, Adelaide, 1976 48 colour plates; Hardback: brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine, brown end-papers, printed in black and brown, small square folio; Near fine in slightly torn dustwrapper faded on spine; If ordering from outside the UK, please be aware that this is a large book and may require extra postage charges.

London: Threshold Books, 1969 164 illustrations; Foreword by the Duke of Beaufort; Introduction by Sheila Willcox; Hardback: green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, map end-papers; Old damp affecting final 15 leaves, boards a little bowed: vg-

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1960 Edited with 7 page introduction by Alexander Kinghorn; Printed for The Saltire Society - a volume in their "Saltire Classics" series; Hardback: series blue cloth decorated in silver, thistle design to top board; Boards bowed, head of spine faded, 2 previous owners have inscribed the front free end-paper and marked 35 pages of the text, g in torn dustwrapper.

Edinburgh: The Religious Tract & Book Society of Scotland, 1905 36 illustrations; Hardback: blue cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, green, black and light blue, printed inscription to front pastedown marking the 400th anniversary of Knox's death; Text age-browned, near fine.

London: Historical Association, 1967 Historical Association "Aids for Teachers" series number 14; Pamphlet; Wrappers very slightly used, near fine.

London: Nicholson and Watson, 1951 9 portraits; 25 maps; Studies of Cromwell, Marlborough, Wellington, Kitchener, Haig, Allenby, Wavell, Alexander and Montgomery; The essay on Haig by Winston Churchill; Hardback: beige cloth lettered in black, dustwrapper and pictorial end-papers by Comerford Watson, title-page printed in red and black; Old damp spots to covers, previous owner's inscription to half-title, vg in worn dustwrapper lacking half of spine.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia, 1974 8 colour plates; 187 black & white illustrations; A volume in "The Williamsburg Decorative Arts Series" edited by Graham Hood; Foreword by Carlisle H. Humelsine; Paperback, cloth wrappers; Wrappers a little dirtied, near fine.

London: Thomas Nelson, 1901 3 plates, 2 tissue-guarded; 2 novels in one volume; Volume XXV of the New Century Library "The Works of Sir Walter Scott Bart"; 7 page introduction, signed "W.S."; Leather-Bound Hardback: full black polished morocco decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, black laid end-papers, separate title-page for each novel, the half-title and title-pages printed in black & red; Light wear to leather, especially at head and foot of spine, rear hinge just starting to pull, a vg+ copy of a handsome little edition.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1868 Frontispiece; 6 engraved title-pages; Contains: The Fortunes of Nigel / Peveril of the Peak / Quentin Durward / St. Ronan's Well / Redgauntlet / The Betrothed / Chronicles of the Canongate / The Highland Widow; Leather-bound Hardback: half brown calf on brown ribbed cloth boards, spine panelled with raised bands, black lettering-piece, marbled edges and end-papers, bookseller's stamp (Edwin Mansfield, Salford); Light foxing and cover wear, previous owner's neat ownership stamp, vg+

Palma de Mallorca, 1961 19 illustrations {1 folding} from photographs and from drawings by the author; Translated from Spanish by R.D.F. Pring-Mill; With an extract from 'The Memoirs of Aurore Sand' {George Sand's grand-daughrer}; Parchment-style paper wrappers, top wrapper lettered in black and red with an illustration in sepia; Top wrapper browned round edges, else fine.