Search Results: Authors starting with I from Besleys Books

Great Britain: Sutton Publishing, 1996. D/J is good, but is price clipped. The book is in good used condition. The book includes a bibliography, and an index of people, highlighting places of interest for each, thus allowing the reader to follow a particular biographical line of enquiry. An ideal companion for the traveler or visitor with a scientific interest, or for those who wish to gain an unusual background to local sightseeing, the geographical ramble through the history of science will also prove an engaging browse for the armchair reader and a useful reference source. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good.

Stockholm: Udstillet I Nationalmuseet, 1942. Paperback. Text in Danish. Auction catalogue. 93pp. Illus. Covers a little marked, with previous owner's name to top of front cover. A decent copy. (a11). Soft Cover. Good.

Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1908. Hardback, half-calf, gilt title to spine. Text in Danish. 17.5cm x 13.5cm. 334pp. Slightest wear. A very pleasing copy. (bs1). Hard Cover. Very Good.

Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., 1953. Hardback, original cloth. 24.5 x 15.5cm. nd. [circa 1953] [v], 147pp. Ilustrated with 7 colour plates. A nice clean copy. Slightest wear only. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Ashford, Kent: The Offices of the Kentish Express, 1901. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 98pp. Illus. Volume 3. Villages include: Eastwell, Elham, Lyminge, Allington, Aylesford and Old Carmelite Priory at Aylesford. Edgewear to extremities. Corners bumped. Previous owner's details to free front end-paper. Sound binding. (p12). Illus. by X. Willis. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Moscow: Soviet Artist , 1982. Hardback with publisher's acetate dust-wrapper. Text in Russian, with a Summary page and List of Illustrations at rear in English. 176pp. 32.5cm x 22.5cm. Illustrated with full-page colour plates. Some tears to edges of acetate wrapper. A pleasing copy. (Shelf Q31). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Powys: Aesculus Press, 1985. Paperback. 280pp. Illus. 1st edition 1985. Covers slightly worn. A decent copy. (bs47). First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Shropshire: Aesculus Press, 1987. Paperback. 448pp. Illus. 1st edition 1987. Covers creased and marked. Small mark to fore margin of first few pages. Private ownership. (bs48). First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Upsala: Zeipel Och Palmblad, 1818. Stiff card covers. Text in Swedish. xxvii, 530pp. Covers worn. Previous owner's details to inside front cover. Slight occasional foxing to contents. Some fore margins trimmed, text not affected. Private ownership. (p4). Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Whittington Press, 1985. Hardback, buckram spine over decorated paper covered boards in a slipcase. Oblong 19 x 27cm. 41 engraving by Miriam Macgregor.. Number 294 of 300 copies, from a total hard-bound edition of 325. Signed by artist and author to the colophon. A fine copy.. Signed by Author and Artist. Hard Cover. Fine.

Budapest: Muzsak Kozmuvelodesi Kiado , 1983. Paperback. Text in Hungarian. 240pp. 99 plates, the first 19 in colour. A little edge wear to covers. A very pleasing copy. (r10). Soft Cover. Very Good.

"Sheffield Independent", 1945. Grey cloth portfolio, with pictorial label to front board. Inside are 6 colour tipped in plates of War Leaders including Albert, King of the Belgians; Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener; Central Joffre; General Sir John French; Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe and His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Nicholas. nd. [circa1945]. Small mark to front board, lacking original ties. A scarce item. (p18). Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Henry Sotheran & Co. ; Stevens and Haynes ; Stevens and Sons, Lim., 1896. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. xcviii, 536pp. Frontis. Illus. 1st edition 1896. Boards somewhat worn. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Front inner hinge split across end-papers. but binding remains secure. End-papers slightly foxed. A heavy book, extra postage required for orders outside the UK. Private ownership.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1952. Paperback. Off-print. 8pp. A little wear to covers. Cover a little marked. A decent reading copy. (q17). Soft Cover. Good.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1874. Hardbacks, full-calf bound by Bickers & Son, gilt titles and decoration to spines. 2 volume set. 16.5cm x 11cm. 258pp; 294pp. Marbled edges and end-papers. Spines and part of front board to vol. 2 faded. Small surface abrasions to rear board of vol. 1. A splendid set. A heavy set, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (p17). Hard Cover. Very Good.

Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1901. Hardback, half-calf, gilt title to spine. Text in Danish. 17.5cm x 13.5cm. 335pp. Binding rubbed and worn. A little spotting to edges, end-papers and occasionally to contents. A decent copy. (bs118). Hard Cover. Good.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. 573pp. Illus. Losses and tears to d/w. Private library stamp to rear pastedown. A rather pleasing copy. (q17). Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

London, Nelson, 1951. 4to. 1st Ed. Colour frontis and 44 colour plates by the author, text line drawings. Dw frayed.. F. Hardcover .

Darjeeling Museum of Natural History, 1942. No date but c. 1937-1942. 23.5 x 15.0 cm. Pp. not paginated, comprising a leaf of preface and approximately 184 pages of text, 4 plain and 20 colour-printed plates by the author. Bound in contemporary cloth, gilt lettering. spine faded, frayed at extremities, boards spotted. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper. The book consts of a series of article by the author first published in the Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society.. Inscribed by Author. 1st in Book Form. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Darjeeling: Mr. C. M. Inglis , 1945. Hardback, Volume 19, No. 1-4 & Vol. 20, No. 1-4 bound together in full-calf, with gilt titles to spine labels, including previous owner's initials in gilt to lower spine. Original covers bound in. Pp. v, 157, iv, 141. Several folding plates and b&w illustrations within the text. Slightest wear. Previous owner's details to front blank. A very pleasing copy. (r19). Hard Cover. Very Good.