Search Results: Authors starting with B from Ken Spelman Books Ltd

J. Hatchard, 1831. Hard Cover. Good. Babington, Thomas. A Practical View of Christian Education in its Early Stages. London: J. Hatchard. 1831. 19th century half leather binding, marbled boards. Some rubbing, slight crack to lower front joint. A good sound copy.

Du Lau et Co, 1825. Hard Cover. Good. Madame Backker. Le Souterrain Ou, Les Deux Soeurs. Londres. Du Lau et Co. 1825. 168 pp., half title. A good clean copy in full contemporary calf, some insect damage to the surface leather and joints cracked but firm.

Routledge, 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good. BAKOS, Adrianna. Images of Kingship in Early Modern France. Louis XI in Political Thought 1560-1789. 249pp. Hardback. (£130.00). Routledge. 1997. A very good hardback copy,

London: E & F.N. Spon, 1904. Hard Cover. Very Good. Second edition. New impression. 92 + (4)pp adverts., half-title. A very good copy in original gilt lettered dark green ribbed cloth. small 8vo. E. & F.N. Spon. 1904.

1851. Original Wraps. Very Good. BALGOWAN, Scotland. A notebook recording work subcontracted by one James Benton including cutting dykes, planting trees, etc. It records the names of subcontractors used for day work, list of the jobs with costs - locations mentioned are 'lands of Balgowan,' 'Hill of Cardensbrea,', 'Hill of Airlie. 10pp., and some unused leaves at the end. Written in an Aberdeen printed National Memorandum Book for 1850. In very good condition in the original tartan printed wrappers. 165mm x 100mm. 1851. Calculations of dykes and other improvements on the lands of Balgowan. The inclosing the Hill of Cardensbrea and other improvements. Dykes between Cardensbrea & the crofts. Contracted by Geo. Ferguson to cut drains. James Benton (1820-1899), of Airley, Balgowan leased a farm at Balgowan.

Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. Hard Cover. Good. A new edition, being the sixth. [6], 410pp. Original gilt lettered dark blue cloth. Spine rubbed. 8vo. Richard Bentley. 1889.

Midland Bank, 1949. Unbound. Very Good. MIDLAND BANK. A series of 'pulls' of the Literary Series of advertisements used by the bank in 1949. With a covering letter: "As you will see, the illustrations were by different artists, both distinguished in their fields, those for 1949 bearing the reference 1/49 and so on being by Barboza, and those for 1950 having been drawn by Will Nickless." 19 illustrated sheets. With original envelope which has some wear. The illustrations depict characters from Dickens, George Eliot, R.L. Stevenson &c. large 8vo. 1949-1950.

1905. Unbound. Very Good. Original collotype plate from Old Cottages, Farm-Houses, and other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold District. Batsford. 1905. Image c4.5 x 6

Thoroton, 1961. Original Wraps. Good. 14pp., illustrated. Reprinted from the Thoroton Society. 1961. Scarce.

Otridge, 1799. Hard Cover. Fair. BARTHELEMY, J.J. Carite and Polydorus. 213, [1]p advert. Uncut in worn original boards with old leather backstrip. Some occasional foxing and marks. 8vo.Otridge & Son. 1799.

NP, 1858. Unbound. Very Good. BARTHOLOMEW, Valentine. Autograph letter signed, to Mrs Montague, saying he will attend to her commission when he has the right pencil, discussing family health matters, and his wife's hard work at photography, for which she appears to be taking lessons. Two pages, dated, written from 23 Charlotte Street. 175mm x 110mm. 15 October 1858. ~ Valentine Bartholomew (1799-1879), Flower Painter in Ordinary to the Queen, married Anne Charlotte Fayerman, a flower and miniature painter, in 1840. He mainly worked in pencil, with watercolour, and needed to obtain a fresh supply before starting this commission. Between 1821 and 1827, he worked for and lived with the lithographer Charles Hullmandel, whose daughter Adelaide he married at the end of this period. She died in January 1839, and the next year, he married Ann Charlotte Turnbull (d. 1862), an author and flower and miniature painter. She was a founding member of the Society of Female Artists, after petitioning the Royal Academy… Read More

Barnes & Noble,Inc, 1984. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good hardback copy in dust-wrapper.

Hakluyt, 1996. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good hardback copy in dust-wrapper.

Ken Spelman, 1984. Printer Wrapper. Very Good. Edward Bawden. An Exhibition of Watercolours, Prints and Book-Illustrations. One of 600 numbered copies. 20 pages. Fine in decorative wrappers. York printed. Spelman's Bookshop. June 1984.

Wm S Orr, 1847. Unbound. Fair. The new Tale of a tub. An adventure in verse. By F.W.N. Bayley. With illustrations, designed by Lieutenant J.S. Cotton, and reduced from Aubry's drawings. vii, [2], 4-34pp., frontispiece, engraved title-page, and 6 engraved plates. A good clean copy, disbound with some gatherings loose. 8vo. Wm S. Orr and Co. 1847.

1770. Unbound. Very Good. 18th century portrait of Bede. Engraving 115mm x 93mm - Image size. trimmed to edge, laid onto later paper. good condition.

William Heinemann, 1920. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. A very good clean copy in a very good dust-wrapper (not clippped). No names or inscriptions, and just some slight foxing to the uncut edge of the book block. Very light crease to the upper corner of some pages. Scarce in such good condition. With spare spine label tipped in at the end. William Heinemann. 1920.

1904. Unbound. Very Good. Sir William Watson (1858-1935), English poet, 1904. Watson was popular in his time for the political content of his verse, hence this caricature, the inscription of which reads: William Watson, secretly ceded by the British government to Abdul Hamid. But, in the nick of time saved from the trap door. From The Poets Corner by Max Beerbohm (London, 1904). Image: 225mm x 345mm. Window mounted.

1770. Unbound. Very Good. 18th century portrait Of Johann Heinrich Beihenmaier - Theologian Image size. 180mm x 145mm. c1770? trimmed to edges. good condition.

Brill, 2016. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Publishing Subversive Texts in Elizabethan England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Library of the Written Word, Volume: 52. Editors: Teresa Bela, Clarinda Calma, and Jolanta Rzegocka. 2016. Still shrink-wrapped. Published at c£115. Publishing Subversive Texts in Elizabeth England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth offers recent research in book history by analysing the impact of early modern censorship on book circulation and information exchange in Elizabethan England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In fourteen articles, the various aspects of early modern subversive publishing and impact of censorship on the intellectual and cultural exchange in both England and Poland-Lithuania are thoroughly discussed. The book is divided into three main parts. In the first part, the presence and impact of British recusants in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth are discussed. Part two deals with subversive publishing and its role on the intellectual… Read More