Search Results: Titles starting with B from Washburn Books

London: Ian Allen Ltd, 1984 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reference work, part of a series on locomotive depots. 113pp with index, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and drawings. Slight wear to lower corner and minor bumping to spine, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Macmillan - Pocket Classics, 1926 Book. Illus. by The Author. Good. Red Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Selection of comic verse by W S Gilbert, written prior to his librettos. Gilt design and lettering to front board and spine. Gilt to top edges. Spine slightly bowed, some spotting to fore edges, some bumping and rubbing to spine, corners and edges, otherwise good copy..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1991 Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Classic study of the first twelve months of human life. 170pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, minor marking to edges of boards and top eges dust-marked, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor surface and edge wear, otherwise good..

London: Newleaf, 1996 Book. Illus. by Lisa Dale Miller. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authoritative handbook written by experts for laypeople. 320pp with index, illustrated throughout with line drawings. Minimal edgewear, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

Vancouver: Greystone Books, 1997 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition, First Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tested strategies to avoid conflicts with black bears and grizzlies. 97pp with index, illustrated with black and white photographs..

London: Constable, 1972 Ex-Library. Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First British Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The American writer's autobiography, several chapters of which were first published in the Atlantic Monthly and The Ladies' Home Journal. 385pp with index. Illustrated endpapers, gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, marking to page edges, library markings to fore-edges and a few margins and front endpaper missing, otherwise good copy..

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1985 Book. Fine. Brown Board Covers. Presumed First Edition Thus. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Description of the discoveries of the Afghan-Soviet Archaeological Expedition in 1978-1979 in ancient burial sites near the town of Shibargan in Northern Afghanistan. The finds included some 20,000 gold objects. 258pp with 166 colour plates and 260 black and white photographs. Gilt ibex design to top board, gilt lettering to spine, dark brown endpapers, two ribbon page markers. Tiny indentation to top corner, otherwise fine copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper, all enclosed in slightly marked grey card slipcase. VERY HEAVY BOOK, weighing 2.6kg. Extra postage may be requested..

Frankfurt Am Main: Umschau Verlag, 1965 Book. Near Fine. Grey Linen Boards. First Thus. 10.7" Tall x 10" Wide. Pictorial survey of this young federal state in south-west Germany. Text in English and French to accompany each of the 40 full-page colour photographs. English translation by Betty Poole. French translation by Felix Cambon and Albert Vidal. Silver lettering to front board and spine. Boards slightly bowed, otherwise near fine copy. Minor creasing to unclipped DJ, otherwise good. Enclosed in cardboard slipcase, somewhat darkened and marked..

Fair Acre Press, 2019 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ballad based on the idea that in the event of ecological catastrophe, insects such as cockroaches might be most likely to survive an ecological disaster. 35pp. Dedication to fellow poet Peter Scupham to title page..

Darwen, Manchester & London: J J Riley / John Heywood Book. Fair. Card Covers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Undated collection of verse (circa 1890). 150pp. Bound in thick card covers with cloth spine. Paper cover illustrated with monochrome drawing of jester. Page edges somewhat soiled and cover torn with loss to edges, otherwise fair reading copy. Handwritten name to top of cover, unclear if related to the author..

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1928 Book. Illus. by Herbert Cole. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Thus. 6.5" Tall x 5.25" Wide. Collection of poems, including the best known verse of Sir John Suckling (1609 -1641), the English Cavalier poet who also invented the card game cribbage. Vol X in the Helicon Series. 53pp illustrated with black and white drawings by Herbert Cole. Pale green design and lettering to top board and spine. Minor foxing to edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Grubby unclipped DJ..

Koln: Taschen (Evergreen), 1998 Book. Illus. by Paul Starosta (Photographs). As New. Green Cloth Boards. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. History and horticulture of bamboo plants. 124pp with index, illustrated in colour throughout. White lettering to top board and spine. Green endpapers. Near fine copy with no inscriptions. DJ is unclipped, with internal signs of damp and slight fading to spine..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2012 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Selection of material which questions whether Mary Whitehouse's anxieties about culture and morality are also relevant to the age of the Internet. 406pp. Gilt lettering to spine, orange endpapers. Lower board slightly bowed, some marking to page edges and some bunmping to top corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..

London: Century, 2006 Book. Illus. by The Author. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A visual statement of the anonymous street artist Banksy's philosophy. "A wall has always been the best place to publish your work". 238pp, illustrated throughout. mainly in colour. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..

Scarborough, North Yorks: Great Northern Publishing, 1992 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Narrative account of a First World War battle, with the thoughts and feelings of the men who fought it. 200pp with index, illustrated with black and white photographs. Slight creasing to corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Random House Books, 2008 Book. Illus. by Francis Marshall. Near Fine. Pale Blue Cloth Boards. First Thus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Delightful guide to good manners, first published in 1962. 336pp illustrated with blackand white drawings. Slight slant to spine, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Inclipped DJ has minor edgewear at top of spine, otherwise near fine..

London: Hulton Press Ltd, 1957 Book. Good. Burgundy Buckram. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Guide to choosing and caring for your dog. 126pp illustrated with black and white photographs.Gilt lettering to spine. Some bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, fading to spine and sunning to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

Amsterdam: Time-Life Books Inc, 1989 Book. Fine. Dark Blue Leatherette Boards. 5th Printing. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Volume in the series 'The Time-Life History of the World', covering events under the following titles: The Aggressive Empires; Egypt's Golden Age; The Mediterranean Traders; Asian Revolutions; Awakening in the Americas. 176pp illustrated throughout with colour photographs and drawings. Colour photograph affixed to top board, gilt lettering to board and spine. Fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: Heron Books Book. Very Good. Navy Leather Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Introduction by Robert H Taylor. 566pp, illustrated with black and white portrait to frontis. Bound in navy leather with gilt decoration to top board and spine, patterned endpapers and blue ribbon page marker. Slight marking to top edges and minor bumping to corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Harper Perennial, 2008 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Acclaimed biography of Emperor Tewodros II, King of Ethiopia (1818-1868), who claimed direct descent from Solomon. 404pp, illustrated with black and white photographs. Minor creasing to spine and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. .