Search Results: Authors starting with R from Bensons Antiquarian Books

Galway: Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 1939. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paper covers, 1939 gift inscription from the author at the top of the front page. Period note at the bottom margin of the last page, tidy internally, some foxing to the front and rear paper covers. With 6 sheets of plates (one large fold out plate + 5 double sided illustrated sheets). Numbered 157-167.

London: Metheun & Co Ltd., 1928. First Edition . Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth binding, some discolouration on the rear cover, faded on the spine a bit. The hinges are good. Bright internally, a few foxing spots at the start and some foxing to the outer page edges. Contains 16 sheets of plates. Pages; XI, (1), 310, (1), 8. The story and notabilities of Venice, connecting each notable event with a building, picture or other object etc, the illustrations have been chosen for this intention. Armorial bookplate of W J Winter-Taylor on the endpaper.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, crease to the bottom of the front of the jacket and small neat repaired nick to the jacket reverse in the same place. Clean internally, no inscriptions. 420 pages. A look into the views of what a section of the Russian community think about their past, post Stalin, the cold war etc.

Stroud: Spellmount, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise. Clean internally, no inscriptions. 320 pages. Examining the career and legacy of Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, director of British Naval Intelligence 1914-1919

Paris: Amand Girard., 1906. Soft cover. Good. Engraved brown title page of the 'Enchanteresse' (bust of a young lady). Toning to the pages, minor marking, 7 pages. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Berlin: L. Dehmigte's Verlag, 1899. Hardcover. Good. Bound in paper-covered stiff card covers with cloth spine. In good condition, stain to the top of the covers. A few pencil markings internally, generally clean. Binding is very good. 120 pages. Foreword in German, main contents are in English on the each left page, with the corresponding German text on the facing page. No publishing date, circa late 19th century. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Paris: A Quantin, 1880. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover in good condition. Browning and fading to spine, marking to covers, minor wear to edges, wear to spine ends. Binding is good and secure. A few spots of foxing and light markings internally, generally clean. 328 pages with 5 illustrations. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Paris: A Quantin, 1882. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover in good condition. Browning and fading to spine, marking to covers, minor wear to edges, splitting to covers at spine edges. Binding is good and secure. Light foxing and marking internally, generally clean. 368 pages with 5 illustrations. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Novello & Co Ltd. Soft cover. Good. Booklet in good+ condition. Minor marking to covers, corners are slightly dog-eared. Internally clean, binding is tight. 21 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Amsterdam: J. M. Meulenhoff. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titling. In very good condition. Minor rubbing to cover edges, otherwise clean throughout, binding is very good. In good dust jacket with some marking and wear to edges. 247 pages. No publishing date, circa 1960's. Covering composers; orchestras, chamber-music emsebles and other musical performers; education and instruction in musicology; light music; organization and co-ordination of musical life in Holland, radio and libraries. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Chapman and Hall, 1896. 1st Edition . Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pages; (8), 370. Red leather with red cloth covers, the hinges are secure, lean/bopwing towards the front cover. The text is complete, light browning and some marking to the pages, some staining to the endpapers, minor stain to the bottom of the outer page edges and to the bottom corner of the half title and last page. Ex Belfast library, with their neat pictorial bookplate on the endpaper, low visibility blindstamp at the top corner of the title and to one other corner, 'Belfast library' in neat gilt at the base of the spine. First edition.

London: Grub Street Publishing, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket, the covers are clean, rubbing to the jacket, original price on the reverse. Clean internally, no inscriptions. 217 pages.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941. 1st Edition . Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition volume, in a black cloth binding, rubbing to the covers, a few marks on the front cover, slight forward lean to the spine. A few marks to the endpapers, otherwise clean internally. Armorial bookplate of W. J. Winter Taylor on the endpaper. Reynolds sailing with a convoy from Halifax to London, the book goes through the 20 day voyage- a chapter for each day. Good reading copy.

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809. Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pages; (6), 124, (4), 288 / (8), 427, (1) / (4), 370. Dimensions; 216 by 140mm. With a portrait frontis of Reynolds from the original by himself (engraved by Caroline Watson, engraver to the Queen). Half leather with marbled covers and marbled page edges. Worn with leather loss on the spines, chipped at the board corners, the covers are pretty loose and held by the strings. The text is complete, volume 1 with some marking to the frontis and title, volume 2 & 3 with foxing to the titles. Ex library with neat bookplate on the endpapers, small neat circular stamp on the title reverse and in one or two other disrceet areas. Period signature at the top margin of the title pages. Contains Vol 1- The life of the author, discourses given by Reynolds at the Royal Academy. Vol 2- Royal Academy discourses continued (includes a discourse on Michaelangelo, and other discourses similar). From 247-427 is a… Read More

London: Cassell & Company , 1944. 1st Edition . Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Blue cloth, fading on the spine, some marking to the covers, the hinges are in good order. Pretty clean internally, light marking to the title. 300 pages. Life in Europe during WW2 by journalist Quentin Reynolds.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean (one tiny nick), the jacket with nick to the top edge of the spine and some rubbing and general signs of use. Tidy internally, faint pencil price at the top of the front endpaper, light toning to the page edges. 426 pages. The history of the use of bodies for dissection, and the effect the reform bills in the 19th century had on the supply of cadavers for dissection. Scarce 1st edition.

London: BBC Books, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Minor rubbing to cover edges, otherwise clean throughout, binding is tight. 96 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Greenhill Books, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise. Clean internally, no inscriptions. With Introduction and Victory List by N.H. Hauprich, Aircraft Appendix and Notes by Norman Franks. 192 pages.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1972. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hard back in near very good condition. Minor marking and inscription on front end paper, otherwise clean, binding is very good. In good dust jacket; a bit loose with minor marking and creasing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Cloth. Good/Good. Bound in red cloth with gilt and white titling. In near very good condition. Covers are clean, with only minor rubbing to edges. Page tops are dusty. Browning to end papers, a few minor markings internally, generally very clean. Binding is slightly shaky but very good and secure. In good dust jacket, a bit grubby with a neatly repaired tear at spine edge and wear to edges, small loss at corners and spine ends. 248 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall