Search Results: Titles starting with B from Paul Haynes Rare Books

Third edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipsic. 1908. Octavo. x, 247pp. All maps and plans as published. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Marbled edges. Publisher's adverts to feps. Map to reps. Double woven bookmarks. Lightly rubbed to head and tail of spine. Neat signature 'George Williams' to top of half-title. Dulau & Co. 37, Soho Square, London, W. booksellers imprint to lower title page.Hinrichsen E62

14th edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. 1906. x, 234pp. Maps and plans as listed. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. All edges marbled. Double bookmark. Final map placed a little proud, but all folded correctly and little, if ever, used. Publisher's adverts to feps., map to reps. Minor shelf wear. Signature of B. H. Whitley to verso ffep, dated August 1906Hinrichsen D213
Benjamin Heywood Whitley (1879 – 1916) Ulverston. BA Dublin. FRCC Modern languages master at St Cuthberts, Worksop and at Loretto. 2nd Lieut. 3rd Royal Scots. Killed in action on the Somme July 17 1916. Commemorated on the Great Gable War Memorial.

Beschryving der stad Utrecht, Behelzende derzelver Opkomst, en voornaamste Lotgevallen, Mitsgaders de opvolging der Bisschoppen tot het eide der twaaffde eeuwe. Benevens eene verhandeling over de vyf Collegiale Kerken, voornamelyk, die van S. Marten en S. Salvator. Hermanus Besseling, Boekverkoper. Utrecht. 1757. Octavo. lii, 396pp. Title page in red and black, engraved frontis., 2 folding engraved maps, 1 folding engraved plate, slight tear. Manuscript 2pp with edge tears at p380. Addenda pasted in. Half calf, gilt motifs and lettering to spine in five compartments, decorated embossed boards. Minor shelf wear, rubbing to edges.
Bound together with: Janssen, L. J. F. Der boom van Jesse, eene muurschilderij uit de XV eeuw. In de Buukerk to Utrecht, bescheven en opgehelderd. Utrecht. 1846. [19pp]. Folding engraved plate. Original paper wraps bound in.
Bound together with: Manuscript dated 1829 to p.380.

Album. Oblong quarto. 19.5 x 27 cm. Jean Frey Buch und Kunstdruckerei. Zurich. nd. [c.1907]. 96pp: 46 photograph plates. 46pp adverts, 2pp family tree form (unfilled), 1pp index. 1pp introduction. Original pictorial boards, gilt lettering and colour vignette to upper board, black lettered advertisement for Henckell & Roths Lenzburger Confituren to lower board. Cloth spine. All edges red. Decorative endpapers. Slightly faded with some wear to extremities. Text in German and French, is crisp and bright. Rare: no library holdings recorded worldwide.Practical resources for fiancées and newlyweds. Photographs of views in Switzerland. Numerous period advertisements. Jean Frey (1861 - 1951) founded his art printers in Zurich in 1889. From 1919 it was known as Jean Frey AG. This rare volume is dated from c. 1907 from advertisements within, and cannot be later than 1919 as it has the earlier printer's device to the final page.

First edition thus. Signed dedication. William Heinemann. London. 2012. 312pp. Original black lettered grey cloth, in original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed dedication by the author in red ink to title page dated June 2012. A nice copy, edges slightly sunned. Translated by Frank Wynne. Alonso Cueto Caballero (1954- ). Peruvian writer and academic

First edition. Routledge. 1942. 40pp. Original wraps, with unclipped price. A slim volume printed on yellow paper. Spine strip and edges showing a little wear, rear cover discoloured. The author's first published work. A nice copy of this scarce work of wartime poetry by the influential poet and founder editor of The New Apocalyptics with Henry Treece. James Findlay Hendry (1912-1986) Royal Artillery and Intelligence Corps in WWII.

First edition. Collins. London. 1980. xxiii, (1), 356pp. Text illustrations. Original quarter two tone cloth, silver lettering and vignette to spine. In the original unclipped dust wrapper, a little sunned to spine. Bookplate of Clare Tritton McLaren of Coughton Court to ffep.An anthology of writings through 155 years of train travel. Recalling historic journeys, the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Line, the inaugural journey of the Orient Express, Lenin's return to Russia, The Flying Scotsman, The Trans-Siberian, the Indian Grand Trunk Express, The Santa Fe Super Chief, etc. For some contributors, see the photograph image of the lower cover.

Sixteen volumes. Privately Printed by The Burton Club. n.d. [19--]. Royal octavo. Title pages printed in red and black.
Vol. I: Maze calligraphy plate in Kufic script spells out the title of the translated book "Kitab Al Layla Wa Layla" with an intricate puzzle play on words. Tissue guarded Frontispiece portrait of the author. xxi, 362pp; Vol. II: Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (1), 343pp; Vol. III: Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (2),356pp; Vol. IV: Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (4), 307pp; Vol. V: Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (5), 406; Vol. VI: Tissue garded Frontispiece. (2), 303pp; Vol. VII: Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (3), 381pp; Vol. VIII: Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (2), 359pp; Vol. IX: Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (3), 358pp; Vol. X: (2), 473pp.
Supplemental Nights. Vol. I: Maze calligraphy plate as in the first volume above. Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (4), 260pp; Vol. II: Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (4), 284pp; Vol. III: Tissue guarded Frontispiece. (3), 445pp; Vol. IV: Tissue guarded… Read More

The Bookman Portfolio Containing Plates in Colour by E. J. Detmold. Hodder and Stoughton. Christmas 1924. Quarto. 3 inserted loose pages each with one colour plate tipped in. Slightly faded to edges of covers.

First edition. Folio. Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes at the Star, the corner of Bride Lane, in Fleet Street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in Pater Noster Row. 1710. Engraved title. Title page in red and black. 4pp dedication to Queen Anne, xxiv, 1296pp. Index Plantarum & Index Latinus [41pp]. Index Morbarum, erratum [6pp]. Numerous engravings. Full panelled calf, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, blind rules. Gilt lettering and floral tooling to second compartment. Blind tooling to boards
Small symbols inscribed to base of title page. Neat historic addenda to the margins. P22 'Angelica' in historic script to margin. P173 small portrait to margin. P180 note to lower margin re 'hen Bane'. P256 script to margin "Touch me not or Elaterium". P671 script 'Powder' to margin. P892 script to margin 'Extract'. Occasional drawn marginal manicules. P1162 script to margin 'Powder'. P312 misnumbered 351. Four leaves of index restored to margins, in slightly smaller state. P63 slight loss of text (4… Read More

Limited edition of 150 copies, this being number 82. Queen Anne Press. London. 2010. Octavo. 364pp. Limitation leaf tipped in. Frontis. portrait photo., further photo plates. Original green cloth, gilt to spine and upper board. Endpaper maps.
First published in 1933 this edition includes new photos from Fleming's album of the expedition and his own corrections. "The fate of Colonel Percy Fawcett, distinguished explorer and mystic, who vanished in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil in 1925 while in search of El Dorado, or the City of Z as he called it, has never ceased to intrigue and to inspire…Peter Fleming, my father, was a precocious young man of 24 when he embarked for Brazil…"

First edition. Tate Gallery. London. 1978. Quarto. xxiv, 382pp. 43 colour plates. Original red cloth, label to spines, gilt. In original dust wrapper, slightly chipped to edges.

First edition. Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, in Gray's Inn; J. Hodges near London Bridge; J. Newbery, in St. Paul's Churchyard; B. Collins; And S. Crowder and H. Woodgate, in Pater-noster Row. London. 1756. Folio. Engraved frontispiece. Title page in red and black. (2), dedication, 533, (3) index pp. Text in double columns. Decorative engraved tailpieces. 75 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf. Spine in seven compartments with raised bands and red leather label. Relaid to joints and corners. Inner margin repair to title, lower edges of 1-4 chipped, paper fault small hole to 47/8, short closed tear to 113/4 with basic paper repair to verso, minor insect damage to lower margin 169/70, repair to outer margin 429/30. Toning/darkening to feps, frontispiece and title. Corner of front pastedown torn with loss. Creasing to title and frontispiece. Occasional spotting, a handsomely patinaed copy.
Historic pressed grasses have been loosely inserted at 269, 303, 337, 351, 419, 431, 437, 499, and at… Read More

First edition. The Connoisseur Publishing Company. (Printed by the Cranford Press). London. 1909. Quarto. Title page in red and black. xlix, 72pp. xxviii catalogue of adverts at end. 24 full colour plates, numerous further half-tone plates. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Decorative upper board, with vignette, gilt and black. Some foxing and edge spotting throughout to text pages (as is often the case with this title), plates unaffected.

First edition. Tate Gallery. London. 1978. Quarto. xv, (2), 126pp. 23 colour plates, numerous b/w plates; xxiv, 382pp. 43 colour plates. Original red cloth, label to spines, gilt. In original dust wrapper, slightly chipped to edges.

First edition. John Lane at The Bodley Head. London. 1922. Quarto. xvii, 249pp. 2pp publisher's ads. Colour frontis., 26 further colour pates. 76 monochrome plates. Original publisher's decorative green cloth, black and gilt. Pages untrimmed. Toning to endpapers. Inscription to ffep Xmas 1922. A nice copy.

Cambridge University Press. 2013. Octavo. viii, 293pp. Near fine, in dustwrapper.

First edition. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. London. 1933. Octavo. xiii, 304pp. Photo frontispiece, 31 further photo plates, double page map. Original blue cloth, gilt to spine, darkened and spotted. Nick to head of spine. Spotting to title page, endpapers and edges. Professor Giotto Dainelli (1878-1968) expedition to Tibet and Nepal, Jun 1931-Jul 1932

Jonathan Cape. London. 1949. 2nd impression. Octavo. 287pp. 16 photo plates. 2 folding maps. Original blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. In the original dust wrapper, toned and chipped with loss to lower spine. Inscription to ffep. dated 1951. Handwritten addenda to preface "Died April 8th 1958, in London aged 72". Light spotting to endpapers, minor rubbing to corners, a nice copy in the original cloth. Dust wrapper in a protective cover.

Francis Kingdon-Ward, OBE, (1885-1958) botanist, explorer, plant collector, author and spy for the British Government.

Printed by T. Davison for Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and J. Cumming. London. Glasgow and Dublin. nd. [1834]. 12mo. 211pp. Engraved frontispiece by Charles Heath. Full contemporary green calf, elaborately blind and gilt tooled to spine and boards with stylised acanthus decoration. Inner gilt rondels. Marbled endpapers. Silk bookmark (with transfer to page). Offsetting of plate to title page. Rubbed to extremities.