Search Results: Authors starting with J from Besleys Books

Ipswich: S. & W. J. King, 1895. Hardback, half-calf, gilt titles to spine. viii, 320pp. Binding is a little marked and worn. Previous owner's labels to front pastedown. A very decent copy. (h2). Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: W. & R. Chambers Limited, 1917. Hardback, illustrative spine and front board, with gilt titles. 285pp. With 6 illustrations by J. Menzies. nd. [circa1917]. Boards slightly grubby. Gift message opposite half-title. A rather pleasing copy. (q23). Illus. by Menzies, J.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London, Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd, 1986., 1986. 1st ed. 30.0 x 21.0 cms. 24pp exhibition catalogue, coloured and other illustrations, card covers.. 1st Edition.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1927. Hardback, with dust-wrapper. 59pp. 1st edition 1927. A little chipping to edges of d/w. A rather lovely copy. (r36). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London.: Book Club Associates., 1993. D/J and Book are good, tight and clean. .From misguided idealists to ruthless killers, this book provides a grisly catalogue of human depravity that will make the toughest reader shudder. These 15 accounts of evil in the modern world, ranging in topic from serial murders and kidnapping to sex killings and treason, have been painstakingly researched from court records, contemporary newspapers and psychologists' reports. Featuring amongst others : Bundy, the "Boston Strangler", "Son of Sam", Charles Lindbergh, Patty Hearst, Jean-Paul Getty III, Dahmer, Peter Sutcliffe, Charles Manson, Brady/Hindley, Roger Casement, John Kennedy, Trotsky and is fuuly illustrated. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book Club Associates.. Cloth. Good/Good.

Wisconsin: Motorbooks International, 1987. Hardback, with no dust-wrapper. Gilt titles to spine. 117pp. Frontis. Full-page colour photographic plates. Spine slightly faded. A decent reading copy. (q5). Hard Cover. Good.

San Francisco: Arion Press, 2011. Hardback, orange cloth, small illustrative panel to front board. 26.5cm x 17cm. 223pp. Colour illustrative end-papers. Illustrated by Miles Hyman, with his signature to colophon. No. 129 of a limited edition of only 300 copies. With a foxed prospectus loosely inserted. Cloth a little grubby. Minor foxing to contents only. . Signed by Artist. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Hyman, Miles .

London: Sands & Co., 1914. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. Volume 2 only. 287pp. Frontis. With 24 illustrations. Inscribed (Hyde de Neuville) to half-title. Gilt title and decoration to spine and front board. Gilt top edge. Fraying to head and tail of spine. Boards worn and marked. Inner hinges split. Previous owner's details to front pastedown. With it a letter in french dated 1855 apparently to Hyde De Neuville. Interesting copy. (q26). Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. , 1906. Hardback, red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. vi, 260pp. Frontis. Illus. 5th edition 1906. Spine slightly faded and frayed to ends. Front inner hinge split across end-papers, but binding remains secure. Private ownership. (r19). Hard Cover. Fair.

Sir Isaac Pitman, 1927. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. viii, 64pp. Illus. 1st edition 1927. Slight discolouration to edges of boards. A decent copy. (p6). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

J & S Publications , 1999. Staple bound booklet in protective cover. 60pp. Illus. Ex-library copy with usual library markings. A good reading copy. (bs123). Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Middlesex: Capital Transport Publishing, 1999. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 464pp. Illus. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged 1999. A little edge wear to d/w. A very decent copy. (r42). Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Corvinus Press, 1939. Hardback, buckram spine, decorated cloth covered boards, with remains of the now broken slipcase. 23.5 x 15cm. [24] leaves. Number 21 of 40 copies, printed for Audrey Field [Pleydell-Bouverie]. Signed by Holbrook Jackson. Presentation leaf to rear. A few faint spots to boards, perfectly clean inside. This version printed on Medway paper, considered the first impression of this title for the press. [Nash & Favell 39] . Signed by Author. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1874. Hardback, blue cloth, blind-stamped boards, gilt titles to spine. New end-papers. xii, 406pp. With 20 illustrations from photographs. 1st edition 1874. Extremities slightly worn and bumped. Private ownership. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (ar17). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good +.

Salisbury, Frith Book Company., 2004. 24.5 x 19.0 cms. Pp. 119. Reproductions of many photographs from the Frith collection, other illustrations. Voucher for free print has been cut out otherwise an excellent copy.. 1st Edition. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1929. Hardback, black cloth, gilt titles to spine. xxv, 434pp. Illus. Gift message to front free end-paper. A very decent copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (al9). Hard Cover. Very Good.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1992. Paperback. 20pp. Illus. Covers a little grubby, bottom corner of front cover creased. A decent copy. (bs63). Soft Cover. Good +.

London ; Carlisle: Bemrose & Sons, Limited ; Charles Thurnam & Sons, 1892. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 2 volume set. 369pp ; 369pp. Frontis to vol. 1. Both volumes illustrated, with folding pedigrees to rear. Gilt titles to spines and front boards. Extremities worn, spines a little rubbed. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedowns. First few pages of volume 1 stained towards inner hinges. Private ownership. (bs131). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London, Pavilion Books, 1987. 4to. 1st ed. 255mm x 254mm. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper slightly frayed.. F. Hardcover .

Savoy: Bernard Lintot, 1731. Hardback, full-calf. Decorative blind-stamped boards. 20cm x 13cm. v, 220pp, [4]. Third edition 1731. Small losses to spine ends, binding slightly worn. Previous owner's initials to front pastedown. A pleasing copy. (bs68) . Hard Cover. Good.