Search Results: Titles starting with A from Black Paw Books

FantasyCon 2000, 2000. Softcover. Very Good. Program to FantasyCon 2000 held from 8-10 September 2000 at the Britannia Hotel, Birmingham. Upper wrap features publisher's promotion of George R. Martin's Game of Thrones books. Quarto, 56 pp. Stapled wraps. Light rubbing and wear to wraps, with sticker scuff to upper wrap.

Westmead, Farnborough, Hants, UK: Gregg International Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Account by Michel Symes of his diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Ava (modern-day Myanmar) in 1795, on behalf of the Governor-General of India. (Symes, a major in the British East India Company's army.) The book provides a detailed description of Symes' journey to the Burmese capital, his meetings with the Burmese king, and his observations of Burmese culture, customs, and politics. Facsimile reprint of 1800 edition. 10" tall. xxiii, 503 pp. Red cloth. Binding shows some rubbing and is lightly discolored along spine. Minor soiling to edges of book block. Name pritned on ffep.

Comune di Venezia, 1961. Softcover. Very Good. Italian language exhibition catalog. Octavo, unpaginated with 16 pages of black & white plates. In wraps. From private collection.

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Written by French historian and colonial administrator Jean Chailley, this book explores the administrative challenges facing the British colonial government in India during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Tall octavo (23 cm), xv, 590 pp + folded map. Burgundy cloth. Spine ends starting to wear with some small loss of cloth along crown of spine. Spine faded. Edges of boards show some dings. Previous owner's name printed inside book.

London: Richard Bentley, 1853. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Period history of the British East India Company's rule over India from the early 1600s to the mid-19th century. The author, John William Kaye (1814-1876), was a British civil servant, historian who served in India in the mid-1800s and was one of the foremost writers on the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Octavo, x, 712 pp. Brown cloth binding. From the private collection of historian Frederick A. Hagar. Corners gently bumped. A number of pages show brief annotations in pencil.

Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine. Lavishly illustrated German language work. 12" tall. 317 pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards. From private collection. Minor rubbing to corners, else Fine. No ownership ink. No dust jacket, if issued.

Rizzoli, 1999. Softcover. Italian language book. Folio, unpaginated. In wraps. Pages remain clean and bright; spine, uncreased. "L'avventura dell'alfiere del rock nostrano: autore di canzoni che hanno segnato la storia della musica leggera italiana, cantante, attore, regista, conduttore televisivo "di rottura". Tutto questo, e non solo, in un libro di grande formato e corredato di un gran numero di fotografie riguardanti i momenti piu importanti della sua carriera e della sua vita privata. Il volume e introdotto da Dario Fo.

1903: Smith, Elder & Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth Impression. 12mo., 184 pp. Brick red cloth. From private collection. Slight spine slant. Names printed on front pastedown and ffep.

London: The Strad, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. Book covers elementary bowing, scales, mode of procedure, positions, shifting, etc. Octavo, 157 pp. Maroon cloth. Binding is starting to show wear to spine ends and corners. Pages remain clean and unmarked. Scarce.

New York: Philip Allan, 1933. Hardcover. Good+. Book examines the period following the Oxford Movement in the Church of England. Octavo. 184 pp. Blue cloth. From private collection. Binding faded and discolored. Pages show some foxing, mostly limited to prelims and edges of book block. Offered here as a solid reading copy.

New York: Sky Books Press, Ltd, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Six main features cover the British evacuation of Dunkirk, the D-Day landings in Normany, the airborne landing at Arnhem, the Battle of the Bulge, the air attachs on the Ruhr Dam, and Nazi Nuremburg. Quarto, paginated by section (approx. 200 pp). Black cloth boards. From private collection. Light wear to edges of dust jacket.

Self Published, 2006. Softcover. Very Good. Scarce work by British fan writer John Berry. "Revealing the extraordinary adventures of George 'Goon' Bleary, blundering part-time agent for M.I.5 and M.I.6, involved in international intrigue, the frequent victim of feminine wiles, and finally revealing details of his unfortunate demise in 1989 whilst on the job." Quarto, 117 pages. Spiral bound in acetate wraps. From private collection. Top corner of book block bumped. Sticker scuff and light soiling to wraps. Scarce.

People's Publishing House, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. This first book in two-part series studies the changes introduced by the British to Punjab's agrarian sector. Octavo, 131 pp. Gray cloth binding. From private collection. Lacks dust jacket. Indian printing. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, tight.

Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Incl, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile reprint of 1864 edition. Quarto, 292 pp. Green cloth. From the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer and historian David Herbert Donald. Clean, unmarked copy.

Chicago and New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, n.d.. Hardcover. Good+. Uncommon work provides an introduction to Ainu culture, including their history, religion, beliefs, and customs. It includes information on the Ainu language, traditional crafts, hunting and fishing practices, and otherr aspects of Ainu culture. No publication date. Octavo, 336 pp. With 80 illustrations. Light red cloth. Binding is soiled with splash stain on front board and darkening to spine. Wear along spine ends. Back hinge starting.

London: Spotlight Magazine Distribution, Ltd, 1989. Very Good+. Lavishly illustrated magazine not only covers modern military aircraft and industry news, but also includes articles on historic aircraft as well, especially World War II. Complete volume year (12 issues). Quarto (12" tall). Approximately 350 pp. Color and black & white illustrations throughout. In custom buckram binding. From private collection. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Wraps show price stickers. Minor soiling to cover. Pages remain clean and bright; binding, tight.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Biography of leading 19th century cleric in the Scottish Episcopal Church and carried out an influential ministry in the Diocese of Brechin. 8vo. x, 202 pp. Blue cloth. From private collection. Cloth is a little mottled and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Prev. owner's name on ffep.

Polk City, Iowa: Self Published, n.d.. Softcover. Very Good. Small octavo, [17] pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Small sticker scuff on upper wrap.

Boston: Pucker Gallery, 2014. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. Quarto, 35 pp. Black & white photos. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Minor creasing and wear to edges of wraps.

Societa Alpina della Giulie: Sezione di Trieste del Club Alpino Italiano, 1920. Hardcover. Good. Bound 1929 volume year of the Italian language mountaineering journal Alpi Giulie. Octavo, 33 + 66 pp. Illustrated. Green cloth binding. Pages are age-toned. Volume is part of a large collection of publications that were deaccessioned from the Appalachian Mountain Club library in Boston and acquired by Cambridge bookdealer Jeffrey Worrall. If they generate interest, we will list more. Bound volume is clean and unmarked. A few pages show Appalachian Mountain Club blind stamp.