Search Results: Authors starting with B from AJ Scruffles

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A lavishly illustrated history of the National Geographic Society from the founding and running of the organization to its work and greatest successes. Numerous colour images. Yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering. Decorated end-papers. hefty 4to. Some bumping to DJ. Volume is crisp and clean. Very good. *Due to weight, extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders*

Koln: Taschen GmbH, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Readable, lavishly illustrated guide to Rothko's life and works. With numerous colour images. 4to. Some very mild shelf-wear to DJ. Contents crisp and clean. Near fine.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1903. Soft cover. Good. Broadway booklets edition of Macaulay's dramatic historical poems based on heroic episodes from early roman history, engraving to soft cover. Spine is rubbed with some loss. Binding starting but contents clean. Fair.

London: Grant Richards, 1903. Soft cover. Good. Pleasant decorative World's Classics edition of Macaulay's dramatic historical poems based on heroic episodes from early roman history. Gentle rubbing and bumping to edges. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good+

New York: Wiley-VCH, 1998. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Some shelf-wear and creasing to covers. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: Phaidon Press, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. Beautifully illustrated account of the meaning, background and creation of the Lindisfarne Gospels. With numerous b/w and colour images of the manuscripts and more. Some mild shelf-wear. Clean and tight. Very good.

London: Blackie & Son, 1905. Hardcover. Good. Nicely produced edition of Bacon's great essays on a variety of topics from Revenge to fitness regimens to prophecy. small 12mo. Top edge gilt, decorated endpapers. Frontispiece. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Occasional very light foxing within. rubbing and bumping to covers. Good.

London: Arthur L. Humprhreys, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Handsome fine binding of Bacon's essays in which he holds forth on a number of topics including friendship, cunning, atheism and marriage. Square 8vo. Red and black titles. Half leather with raised bands and elaborate gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Marbled endpapers. Book marker ribbon. Light fading and rubbing to covers. Nibbles to prelims. fading to end-papers. Contents clean and prim, binding square and tight. Good+ overall.

London: Fourth Estate, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lively account of the rise and fall of Michael Milken. Some mild shelf-wear to DJ. Contents crisp and clean. Very good+

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardcover with Dustjacket, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951. First edition of Bair's satirical novel of the invasion of a lakeside town by exploitative prospectors. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Some slight bumping and browning but text-block is crisp. Dustjacket has a number of small tears at the extremities and one larger one across the front cover that someone has covered (quite neatly) with clear tape. Overall good condition.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987. Hardcover. Good. Ex-private library. With stamp to title page and label to spine. Some mild shelf-wear and bumping. Contents clean and tight. Good.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1869. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Posthumously published from sections of Baker's extensive manuscripts on the history and antiquities of Cambridge. With the bookplate of Thomas Bowman Whytehead to front pastedowns. With technical library stamp to half-title. Rubbing and bumping to edges with small nicks to top of spine. Markings to spines. Tanning to page edges but bindings sound and contents clean. Good. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders*

Berlin: Springer, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Sunning to spine. Bumping to spine. Contents clean and prim. Very good.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1940. Hardcover. Fair. No date but c. 1940. Western story that became a 1965 film. With b/w illustrations. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Marking to cover. Toning to spine. Contents clean and binding sound. Fair+

London: Macmillan & Co., 1913. Hardcover. Good. Collaborative serial adventure story. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's name to ffep. Spine slightly sunned. With rubbing and fraying to top and tail. Binding sound and content clean. Good.

London: Collins, 1915. Hardcover. Fair. Decorative Collins edition of Ballantyne's adventure novel. With colour illustrations by J. E. Sutcliffe. No date but c. 1915. With prize plate to front-pastedown. rubbing and bumping with some fraying to edges. Foxing within but otherwise sound. Fair/good.

London: Collins, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Nice Collins clear type press edition of Ballantyne's adventure novel. With illustrations by J. E. Sutcliffe. No date but c. 1950. Some light scratching and rubbing to covers, Contents clean. Good.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Expansive survey of European history, examining the fusion of germanic and mediterranean culture. Dust jacket has minor sunning to spine and some foxing to extremities. Contents are clean and prim. Very good.

New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. Some light shelf-wear and mild creasing to spine. Very good. *Due to size and weight, extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders*

New York: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1995. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Fine. In crisp, fine condition.