Search Results: Authors starting with B from BookAddiction

New York, NY, USA: New York Academy of Sciences, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 270pp. Pictorial light card covers. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers, top front corner sun faded. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: Bernards [Publishers], 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 96pp. Light card covers, stapled; illustrated throughout in black and white. 12mo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers, some light creasing. Pages ageing. Internally, neat, clean and tight.

London, UK: Bernards [Publishers], 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 94pp. Light card covers, stapled; illustrated throughout in black and white. 12mo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers, some light creasing. Pages ageing. Internally, neat, clean and tight.

UK: Six Martlets Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first impression. x, 214pp. Monochrome illustrations in text. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Boards very gently rounded at corners and spine ends. One page has a corner crease, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, moderately bumped at edges, with a little delamination along top edge. Borley Rectory and the phenomena surrounding it have been mired in contraversy since the rectory was built in 1663. The alleged haunting of the garden took place soon after. But there has been trickery too surrounding what is alleged to be the most haunted house in Britain. Well reference and illustrated, this volume drawing together all existing research on the Rectory and includes interviews with some of those who remember the more recent incidents.

London, UK: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. viii, 80pp, many black and white photographic plates (inc. frontispiece). Light blue cloth-covered boards, black and silver decoration on front, silver titles on spine. 12mo. Boards very lightly worn and soiled. Spine worn, ends heavily rubbed, less than 2cm split at head. Edges worn, corners moderately rubbed. Light tanning on endpapers, gift inscription in pen on front free endpaper. Internally very neat, clean and tight. Foreword by the late Archbishop Lord Lang of Lambeth.

London, UK: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. viii, 9-80pp. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Blue cloth-covered boards; black and silver design on front, silver titles on spine. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed spine ends, slightly cupped. Remaining text block edges slightly tanned. Rust from laid in brochure, front pastedown foxing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright.

Oxford, UK: Pergamon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 700pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. 8vo. Soiled and stained boards and spine, lightly rubbed spine ends. Institutional rubber stamps on front endpapers. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Stroud, UK: Tempus, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 128pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges. Couple of small folds bottom front cover. Small stains to text block edges. Signed by the author on the title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. The second selection of over 200 black and white photographs, which bring vividly to life the recent past of this most historic of valleys.

London, UK: Novello, Ewer and Co. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated but likely circa 1920. 146pp. In faded red cloth covers, with gilt titles on spine. Octavo. Cloth is heavily faded, a little marked around edges, rubbed on edges and rounded at corners and spine tips. Text block edges dust-darkened. Endpapers tanned, tiny hole and previous owner's name on front free endpaper. A couple of small pencil annotations on the index page.

Mineola, NY, U.S.A.: Dover Publications Inc., 1997. First Edition . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 190pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges. Likely unread. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo.

Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 312pp. Matt printed laminated paper-covered boards. Some shelf wear. Bottom corners bumped. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Based on new (2006) theoretical underpinnings and provides a careful assessment of the impact of European integration on British politics, policy and institutions.

London, UK: G W Bacon & Co. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated. (circa 1950s). Fold-out cloth map which states Bacon's County Map of England and Wales. Spine states Bacon's Map of England and Wales. Covers a little grubby, contents clean and sound.

New York, NY, USA: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Grosset & Dunlap. x, 462pp. colour plate frontispiece. Yellow cloth-covered boards; blue titles and design on front and spine; top text block edge sprayed black; fore edge untrimmed; blue and white illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Lightly rubbed and bumped spine ends. Board edges are lightly soiled, corners moderately rubbed and rounded. Text block edges dusty and tanned. Prelims starting to tan. Gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper, name at top of title page. Internally pages are slightly age-toned otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has heavy shelf wear with loss to spine ends and edges, tear along fore edge, mirrors book damage, price clipped. With descriptions of the text and music of Masterpieces including Fielio by Beethoven; Carman by Bizet and Robin Hood by DeKoven.

Exeter, UK: The Paternoster Press, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 186pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges. Gift inscription on half-title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. Biography based on a study of primary sources and including an assessment of Bunyan's verse, which contain suggestions about disputed issues in his life.

London : Printed for Thomas Tegg and J Dick, 1813. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A new edition, with notes, critical and explanatory by Dr Shaw. [ix] 10-144pp. 12 woodcuts. Original paper-covered boards, with replacement backstrip. Boards rubbed and soiled, with slight scar. Stamp and '1984' written in on front paste down. Front free endpaper absent. Endpapers and page edges soiled. 12mo.

London, UK: Odhams Press. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated (circa 1940s). 256pp, black and white photographic frontispiece. Blue cloth-covered boards; blue decoration on front, blue titles and decoration on spine; pictorial monochrome endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded spine and board edges. Rubbed corners and spine ends cloth wearing. Quite cocked. Dusty top text block edge, remaining edges just starting to fox and tan. Hinges stretched at rear endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Black and white photographs in text throughout.

London: Biteback Publishing, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 372pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper, else fine. Dust jacket now protected in clear Mylar sleeve fitted without use of adhesive. Powerful indictment of Government inefficiencies, told with humour and insight. Richard Bacon, the primary author was a Member of Parliament, serving on the renowned Public Accounts Committee.

London, U: Corporation of London, 1946. 7th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Seventh edition, second printing. First published in 1898, this edition of the history of London's Guildhall was fully revised and brought up to date for the seventh edition in 1939[vi], 216pp, plus black and white plate illustrations, together with line drawings etc in text. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt design on front panel and gilt lettering on spine. Colour endpapers. 8vo. Boards a little rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, a little rubbed around spine and a few minor marks. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: Dulau & Co, 1897. 17th edition . Hard Back. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 8pp coach services and golf club details, xvi,160pp; 4pp catalogue for Bartholomew maps, 100pp adverts. 17th edition, Red cloth-covered heavy card, gilt titles on front and spine. Spine sun faded, staining to rear cover. Bumped spine ends. Cocked. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 16mo.

London, UK: Corporation of London, 1939. 7th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 212pp, 4pp Epilogue. Quarter bound in black cloth over red cloth-covered boards; gilt coat-of-arms on front, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head, cloth wearing at ends. Umber endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. Revised and corrected to date in the Records Office, Guildhall and with a foreword to the seventh edition by A H Thomas.