Search Results: Titles starting with B from Besleys Books

New York: The Typophiles, 1946. Hardback, original cloth. 18 x 12cm. 149pp, [1]. Numerous illustrations, some in colour. The other contributors were H.W.Kent, J.M.Bowles, Carl Purington Rollins, Christopher Morley, David Pottinger, James Hendrickson and Frederic Warde. From a total edition of 805 copies, this copy, un-numbered not marked as 'contributor' on the colophon. Paper a little age-toned, but a very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: British Broadcasting Corporation , 1965. Hardback, gilt titles to spine. Pp. xix, iii, 46, 180, 148, 63, 173. 1st edition 1965. 32.5cm x 24cm. Ex-library copy, with only library markings to verso of titlepage. A few marks to spine. Edges slightly grubby. A pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage will be required for orders outside the UK. (q30). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Ward Lock & Co, 1959. D/J is good. (price clipped) The book is in good used condition. The ability to identify birds in the field is a skill that almost any child can acquire; in fact at the end of the first season's watching the young observer should be quite expert. At the beginning it is essential to have a book which describes the more important birds, and it was with this in mind that this book was prepared. The book also has some wonderful full-colour plates. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Cloth. Good/Good.

Idaho: Great Northern Pacific Publications, 2007. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 176pp. Numerous colour photographic plates. This book has a slight smokey aroma, as the previous owner was a smoker. Otherwise a clean and bright copy. (bs65). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2009. Paperback. 80pp. A few pages with folded over corners. (AR21). Paperback. Good/No Jacket.

University of California Press, 1940. Hardback, vellum spine over marbled boards.. 18 x 11.5cm. 21pp, [2]. One of 350 copies. Corners rubbed. Designed by A.R. Tommasini and Samuel T. Farquhar.. Limited. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Macmillan, 1930. No D/J. The book is in good used condition (with previous owners inscription on front free end-paper) With 350 illustrations by Gillbert.The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique "topsy-turvy" style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert`s cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert's childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations "Bab". Nothing else quite like the Ballads has ever been produced in… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. Hardback, green cloth, gilt titles to spine. 563pp, 28pp. With 350 illustrations by the author. Binding a little marked, bottom corner of front board bumped. A very decent copy. (h2). Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Methuen & Co., 1954. Hardback, with laminated pictorial boards. 39pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 6th edition 1954. Split to top of spine, laminate to front board is coming away slightly. Private ownership. (r3). Hard Cover. Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. Hardback, blue cloth. 383pp. With an introduction by Hugh Walpole. Binding slightly marked, spine a little discoloured. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. A decent copy. (h4). Hard Cover. Good.

London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1930. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 95pp. Colour frontis. Exterior edges rubbed. Boards a little marked. Prize label to front pastedown. Inner hinge split between pages 12 and 13. Page 15 perforated. (bs63). Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1946. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 208pp. 1st edition 1946. Gilt titles to spine. Slight wear to extremities. Remains of library label on front pastedown, no other library markings. (q30). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

London: Constable, 1927. No D/J. Blue leather binding, with gold gilt to spine, and front. has minor signs of shelf wear. The book is in good used condition. A nice copy. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pocket Edition, Reprint.. Full-Leather. Good/No D/J.

Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1990. Hardback in a dust-wrapper. 22.5cm x 14.5cm. 232pp. D/w spine a little faded, slight edge wear. Private ownership. (ar0). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Suffolk: Backroad Books , 2014. Booklet. 11pp. Illus. Limited edition of only 300 copies. An excellent copy. (q22). Limited. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., 1915. Hardback, folding map measuring 64cm x 89cm. Tear with small loss to 8pp Index of Towns. Map is in good order. A decent copy. (ar18). Hard Cover. Good.

Manchester: Wm. Briggs & Co. Ltd., 1946. Paperback, oblong, stitched. 26cm x 32cm. 40pp. Colour photographic plates throughout. Covers creased and frayed to edges. Interior generally clean. Scarce. (h1). Soft Cover. Good.

Lincoln: The Society for the Promotion of Nature Conversation , 1977. Booklet, staple bound. 32pp. Illus. Includes a separate article 'Studies of Ramunculus Ophioglossifolius in Relation to its Conservation at the Bageworth Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, England.' A little wear to covers. A pleasing copy. (q37). Soft Cover. Good.

London: Kemsleys Auctioneers, 1932. Booklet, staple bound. Auction catalogue. 34pp. Booklet slightly creased down centre. A little foxing to contents. A decent copy. (q23). Soft Cover. Good.

Rio De Janeiro: Editora Civilizacao Brasileira S. A., 1961. Paperback. Text in Portuguese. 298pp. Illus. A little chipping to edges of covers. Slight reading creases to spine. Ownership stamp to front free end-paper. A decent copy. (bs58). Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.