Search Results: Titles starting with B from Wykeham Books

Limited Editions Club, New York, 1939 (first published 1921). Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies, signed by John Farleigh. Full lime green natural linen, gold-stamped on brown and green leather labels, slipcased,. lvi, 260 pp, ills. Shaw's cycle of five plays: In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden); The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day; The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170; Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000; and As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D. 31,920. With a new introduction by the author. Illustrated with wood-engravings by John Farleigh; designed and printed by Edward Alonzo Miller at The Marchbanks Press, New York; set in linotype Scotch Roman; Worthy special paper; bound by Russell-Rutter Company, New York, Copy No. 493. Near Fine in a slipcase which is partly cracked at its top.

Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1989. Laminated wrappers, 8vo,. unpaginated (approx 120 pp), ills, facs. 676 items. An impressive sale catalogue of Baedeker guides and other works published by Baedeker. Good. Price-list laid in.

Oxford University Press, Oxford, first edition, 1949. Cloth, 8vo,. 28 pp, plates. Contents I. Early History. II. Recent History. III. The Wood in 1949. Appendixes I Re-Equipment of the Sawmill, 1947-9. II Revenue Account, Average Figures for 1947 and 1948. H M colvin's copy with some minor correspondence to him and typescript notes of the Fellows' visit to the Wood loosely laid in.

Cornell University Press, Ithaca, first edition, 1974. Cloth, large 8vo, 28 cm,. xxi, 531, [4] pp. includes 173 letters in Latin, Italian and French, with English summaries and introduction. Bibl.: p.417-495. - Index. Letters in Latin, Italian, or French, with English summaries and commentaries. . Contents: '... includes letters to Baglivi, numerous drafts of his replies, and a few l Blue endpapers slightly faded, otherwise Very Good.

T. Batsford, London, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. 192 pp, ills,. From the blurb: " 'It was in rude rhyme that their love and hatred, their exultation and distress found utterance. A great deal of their history is to be learned from their ballads'. What the historian, Lord Macaulay, wrote of seventeenth-century England is true of the whole of English history. Over the centuries, the ballad singer has fascinated, delighted and disgusted his hearers - as can be seen from this selection of over eighty contemporary ballads which show how ordinary people have reacted to social change and to national events over the last 400 years.The author's historical commentaries and quotations from contemporary writers set the scene for each ballad and explain any otherwise obscure allusions. The book is lavishfy illustrated with contemporary paintings, engravings, woodcuts, ballad sheets, and photographs, and is completed with 50 tunes - for, as a seventeenth-century editor wrote: If thou… Read More

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, first edition, 1929.. Cloth, 8vo,. xvii, 464 pp. 4010 entries. Covers all material on Balzac in books and periodical publications in a dozen languages to 1928. Provides full bibliographical details for entries, with critical opinions of the mpore important and synopses of their content. Inscribed and signed and designated the "first copy" by the author on the front free endpaper: "This first copy belongs to the first subscriber, Newbury Frost Read, Esq., who is first in many things, including the sincere regard of the bibliographer, Royce". Slightly agetoned, slight wear to corner-tips, otherwise Very Good. Newbury Frost Read (1887-1950) was a New York real estate agent and noted collector of Dickens.

Kraus Reprint Co, New York, 1969 reprint in one volume of 1929-30 first editions. Cloth, 8vo,. xvii, 464, xi, 190 pp. 4,010 entries. Covers all material on Balzac in books and periodical publications in a dozen languages to 1928. Provides full bibliographical details for entries, with critical opinions of the mpore important and synopses of their content. Includes a chronological index by periodicals, a general index and an elaborate topical index providing references on every aspect of Balzac's life and works. Very Good.

The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, Derby, first edition, 2005. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. 207 pp, ills, maps. From the blurb: "is about how a traditional market town in North Oxfordshire has undergone fundamental changes which have altered its structure and given the place a new vibrancy. The book is a pleasing blend of photographs and recollections.. By focussing on streets, buildings and influential people, the reader is led to believe that the cockhorse town of cross and rhyme really does have Banburyness. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.

Swann Galleries, Inc., New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 28th- 29th October, 1996 and 25th September 1997. 2 vols, illustrated laminated wrappers, 8vo,24 cm,. [196] + [176] pp, profusely illustrated (a few in colour). 870 + 533 lots. From the catalogue: "The most singular fact about the Barbara Johnson Collection was that it consisted not of one type of object, but of hundreds of different types of objects all relating to a central subject: whales and whaling. It was less a collection of things than a section of life, a physical chronicle of an activity, in which human and natural history had been pieced back together. Thus one found within this huge assemblage books, prints, manuscripts, paintings, tools, models, weathervanes, furniture and carvings. Barbara Johnson says she often did not know what she was looking for until she found it. The Barbara Johnson Collection was the largest private collection in the world, not only of scrimshaw, but of everything relating to whales,… Read More

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1951. Cloth, 4to,. 43 pp, 149 plates. From the blurb: "This is the first book in a large, unexplored field, designed to give the connoisseur, collector, and interested amateur an idea of the scope and merits of seventeenth-century European illustration. Here is a concise text which presents the range and quality of baroque book illustration, designed to aid the reader in forming an idea of a vigorous and exciting neglected period in the book arts. The baroque style, in all forms, is now receiving growing appreciation after being "out of fashion" since the beginning of modern criticism. The seventeenth century in particular has been neglected or written around, while the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries have had the critical attention of book connoisseurs. Mr. Hofer seeks to remedy this neglect through a survey of the baroque book in general, with separate attention to the book production of individual countries. The illustrations… Read More

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1951. Cloth, 4to,. 43 pp, 149 plates. From the blurb: "This is the first book in a large, unexplored field, designed to give the connoisseur, collector, and interested amateur an idea of the scope and merits of seventeenth-century European illustration. Here is a concise text which presents the range and quality of baroque book illustration, designed to aid the reader in forming an idea of a vigorous and exciting neglected period in the book arts. The baroque style, in all forms, is now receiving growing appreciation after being "out of fashion" since the beginning of modern criticism. The seventeenth century in particular has been neglected or written around, while the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries have had the critical attention of book connoisseurs. Mr. Hofer seeks to remedy this neglect through a survey of the baroque book in general, with separate attention to the book production of individual countries. The illustrations… Read More

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, second printing, 1970. Cloth, 4to,. 43 pp + 149 plates. From the blurb: "This book, on its first publication a pioneer work in a large, unexplored field, provides the connoisseur, collector, and interested amateur with an idea of the scope and merits of seventeenth-century European book illustration. Here is a concise text which presents the range and quality of baroque book illustration, designed to aid the reader in forming an idea of a vigorous and exciting though neglected period in the book arts. The baroque style, in all forms, has received growing appreciation after having been "out of fashion" since the beginning of modern criticism. The seventeenth century in particular was neglected or written around, while the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries had the critical attention of book connoisseurs. Mr. Hofer has remedied this neglect through a survey of the baroque book in general, with separate attention to the book production of individual… Read More

Dover Publications, New York, 1957 reissue of 1952 first edition, . Laminated illustrated wrappers, small 8vo, 20 cm,. x, 144, [11] pp, ills, publisher's catalogue at end. An unabridged republication of the book first published by B. T. Batsford, Ltd., in 1952, with additional notes for American users. From the blurb: "Starting from basic principles and assuming no previous experience, this modern exposition of the elements of bookbinding enables both the beginner and the expert to apply the latest and most simplified techniques to rebinding old favorites and binding many new paperback books. A complete list of all necessary materials, including a guide to the proper selection of tools, paper, glue, boards, cloth, leather or sheepskin covering fabrics and lettering inks and pigments, introduces the subject. In surprisingly easy stages, you are shown how to collate a book, sew it, back it, trim it, make boards and attach them to the book. Step-by-step instructions and hundreds of photographs… Read More

Dover Publications, New York, 1957 reissue of 1952 first edition, . Laminated illustrated wrappers, small 8vo, 20 cm,. x, 144, [11] pp, ills, publisher's catalogue at end. An unabridged republication of the book first published by B. T. Batsford, Ltd., in 1952, with additional notes for American users. From the blurb: "Starting from basic principles and assuming no previous experience, this modern exposition of the elements of bookbinding enables both the beginner and the expert to apply the latest and most simplified techniques to rebinding old favorites and binding many new paperback books. A complete list of all necessary materials, including a guide to the proper selection of tools, paper, glue, boards, cloth, leather or sheepskin covering fabrics and lettering inks and pigments, introduces the subject. In surprisingly easy stages, you are shown how to collate a book, sew it, back it, trim it, make boards and attach them to the book. Step-by-step instructions and hundreds of photographs… Read More

B. T. Batsford Ltd, London, first edition, 1952. Laminated illustrated wrappers, small 8vo, 20 cm,. x, 147 pp, ills, 11 plates. Top edge duststained, contents slightly spotted, otherwise Good in dustwrapper.

Basilisk Press, London, bookseller's catalogues, 1978 - 1988. Printed wrappers, large 8vo,. between 44 and 76 pp per catalogue, ills. Over 2,600 entries. The Basilisk Press of London was founded in 1974 by Charlene Garry; the Basilisk Bookshop opened in 1977 to deal exclusively in the works of private presses and limited editions but closed in 1984 "as I grew bored by the non-bibliographic public asking 'Why is this book so expensive? And never listening to the explanation'. This is a good run of catalogues issued under the imprint "Basilisk Press & Bookshop" and later as "Basilisk Press" containing a wealth of information on private and fine press printing especially of the 1970s and 1980s. Very Good.

Basilisk Press, London, bookseller's catalogues, 1978 - 1986. Printed wrappers, large 8vo,. between 44 and 76 pp per catalogue, ills. . The Basilisk Press of London was founded in 1974 by Charlene Garry; the Basilisk Bookshop opened in 1977 to deal exclusively in the works of private presses and limited editions but closed in 1984 "as I grew bored by the non-bibliographic public asking 'Why is this book so expensive? And never listening to the explanation'. This is a good run of catalogues issued under the imprint "Basilisk Press & Bookshop" and later as "Basilisk Press" containing a wealth of information on private and fine press printing especially of the 1970s and 1980s. Good.

Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, first edition, 2012. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo, 24 cm. 370 pp. From the publisher's description: "Basque Literary History provides an overview of the evolution of Basque literature, the sociohistorical events that marked it, and the place it holds within Basque society from its oral roots and its "inception" in 1545 with Linguae Vasconum Primitiae by Bernard Etxepare (the first book printed in Basque) to the modern day. It studies "Basque literary history" from the understanding of Basque literature as part of a system - a literary system - to which it belongs and from which it receives meaning and direction. Like all languages and literatures, Basque literature has been conditioned by the relationship between language and literature. In the Basque case this is exacerbated by the subordination of Basque literature to the historical situation. Until the end of the twentieth century, to write… Read More

Batsford, London, third revised edition, 1948. Cloth, 8vo,. 117, [1] pp, 84 illustrations from engravings, paintings, and photographs. The blurb quotes several favourable reviews, amontg them the following: 'This book is obviously a labour of love. It describes, with affection and intimate knowledge, Bath's admirable buildings and terraced beauty. . . . The choice of illustrations is good, mingling excellent topographical plates with a diversity of social pictures.'- The Birmingham Post. 'Eighty-four illustrations, typography of pre-war quality and a text by a genuine antiquary, the late R. A. L. Smith, make Bath one of its publishers' most pleasant books.' - The Countryman. Name on half-title, spine rubbed at head and tail, otherwise Good in a used dustwrapper which is worn at the edges and has tears with small loss at the head and tail of the spine.

Bath University Press, Bath, first edition, 1989. Cloth, 8vo,. 76 pp, ills. As New.