Search Results: Authors starting with B from Wykeham Books

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1982. Illustrated printed boards, 8vo,. 212 pp, ills. 541 items. An excellent, detailed, catalogue of lasting value, this being one of the hardbound copies in boards. Attractively produced. Entries are annotated, sometimes extensively. Indexed. "The books are listed under main headings; items in the first three parts are generally arranged by place, in the fourth by author and in the fifth by engineer. Bridges : Items 1-268; Docks & Harbours : 269-366; Lighthouses : 367-398; Civil Engineering : 399-513; Biographies : 514-541; Index of Engineers. Near Very Good.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, n.d. but c 1977. Illustrated printed boards, 8vo,. 148 pp, colour frontispiece, numerous ills. 665 entries. An excellent catalogue with most entries annotated, sometimes extensively. Indexed. Contents- Part I : The Builders' Pattern Book 1740-1800; Part II : Cottages and Villas 1780-1840; Part III : The Victorians 1830-1900; Part IV : The Twentieth Century 1900-1976; Part V : The history of the Small House. Boards somewhat marked including small coffee splashes to front board, contents Very Good. Errata slip laid in.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1975. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. 320 pp, ills. 1,979 entries. A very useful catalogue with each entry annotated. There is a detailed index. Complimentary Copy" at foot of half-title, with slight offsetting to front inside wrapper. A few numbers on the final page, one or two marks to text, otherwise Very Good.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1975. Cloth, 8vo,. 320 pp, ills. 1,979 entries. The hardcover version of this very useful catalogue, with each entry annotated. There is a detailed index. Fine.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1985. Illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. 156 pp,plates, ills. 844 entries. An excellent catalogue in double-column format, with most entries annotated. Very Good.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1982. Illustrated printed boards, 8vo,. 212 pp, ills. 541 items. An excellent, detailed, catalogue of lasting value, this being one of the hardbound copies in boards. Attractively produced. Entries are annotated, sometimes extensively. Indexed. "The books are listed under main headings; items in the first three parts are generally arranged by place, in the fourth by author and in the fifth by engineer. Bridges : Items 1-268; Docks & Harbours : 269-366; Lighthouses : 367-398; Civil Engineering : 399-513; Biographies : 514-541; Index of Engineers. Presentation Copy, inscribed and signed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, minor browning to boards and top edge a trifle spotted, otherwise Very Good.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1975. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. 320 pp, ills. 1,979 entries. A very useful catalogue with each entry annotated. There is a detailed index. Very Good.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1975. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. 320 pp, ills. 1,979 entries. A very useful catalogue with each entry annotated. There is a detailed index. Name on half-title, covers a little used.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, n.d. but c 1977. Illustrated printed wrappers, 8vo,. 148 pp, colour frontispiece, numerous ills. 665 entries. An excellent catalogue with most entries annotated, sometimes extensively. Indexed. Contents- Part I : The Builders' Pattern Book 1740-1800; Part II : Cottages and Villas 1780-1840; Part III : The Victorians 1830-1900; Part IV : The Twentieth Century 1900-1976; Part V : The history of the Small House. Errata slip tipped-in. Very Good.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1978. Illustrated printed wrappers, 8vo,. unpaginated (approximately 150 pp), ills, plates. 502 entries. A useful catalogue with most entries annotated. Printed Books: items 1-459; Engravings 460-473; others 474-502. Rear wrapper heavily waterstained and with ink notes,, front wrapper with small area of waterstaining.

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1982. Illustrated printed boards, 8vo,. 212 pp, ills. 541 items. An excellent, detailed, catalogue of lasting value, this being one of the hardbound copies in boards. Attractively produced. Entries are annotated, sometimes extensively. Indexed. "The books are listed under main headings; items in the first three parts are generally arranged by place, in the fourth by author and in the fifth by engineer. Bridges : Items 1-268; Docks & Harbours : 269-366; Lighthouses : 367-398; Civil Engineering : 399-513; Biographies : 514-541; Index of Engineers. Trifle worn at spine-ends, otherwise Very Good.

Burt Franklin, New York, 1968 reprint of 1925 first edition. Cloth, 8vo,. xi, 244 pp. 560 entries. The bibliography extends to include periodical contributions. Very Good.

Umberto Allemandi &c., Torino, first edition, 1995. Cloth, 4to,. 376, [1] pp, 150 colour ills, 215 black-and-white ills. 22 entries in catalogue. Near Fine in a slightly fingersoiled and chipped dustwrapper.

Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart, second edition, 1965. Cloth, lgilt cover illustration, contrasting spine-panel, arge 4to,. viii, 376 pp. An important reference for the identification of views of towns and cities. Contents; 1. Das Ortsbild in Sammelwerken von Schedel bis Merian (Schedel, Münster, Hogenbergs, Braun und Hogenberg, Valegio, Basse, Bertius, Kieser, Inventarium Sueciae, Merian).- 2. Ansichten aus Matthaeus Merians Frühzeit.- 3. Weitere Ansichten bis etwa 1640 (Albizius, Bellus, Enß, Stengel, Dilich, Lubinus, Specklin). Top edge slightly dust-stained, otherwise Very Good in slightly used dustwrapper.

Phaidon Press Limited on behalf of Book Club Associates, London, 1981. Cloth, 4to, 30 cm,. 96 pp, plates, ills, (some colour). From the blurb: "The Lindisfarne Gospels, a manuscript produced in the Northumbrian island monastery of Lindisfarne at the end of the seventh century, in honour of Saint Cuthbert, is one of the world's masterpieces of book painting. It is a precious relic of early Christianity in England, and one of the nation's greatest treasures. This is the first book to make the chief glories of the Lindisfarne Gospels accessible to a wide public. All the important illuminated pages are reproduced in colour from a new and accurate set of photographs. In her introductory chapters Janet Backhouse tells the story of Lindisfarne and of Saint Cuthbert, and describes how the manuscript was made. A sequence of the great illuminated pages is then followed by an absorbing account of their relationship to earlier and contemporary works of art. The final chapter traces the history of… Read More

British Library, London, edition, 1999. Cloth, large 4to, 31 cm,. 64 pp, numerous ills (several in colour). From the blurb: "The Sherborne Missal, a major acquisition of The British library in 1998, is one of the most spectacular examples of book painting of any time or place. It was commissioned for the Benedictine Abbey of Sherborne in Dorset and four contemporary figures concerned with the manuscript's production are frequently portrayed in its pages. Most prominent is Robert Brunyng, Abbot of Sherborne 1385-1415, sometimes accompanied by Richard Mitford, Bishop of Salisbury 1396-1407. The Benedictine scribe John Whas and the Dominican illuminator John Siferwas are also represented. On the strength of this manuscript, Siferwas ranks among the leading artists of the 'International Gothic' period, excelling in portraiture and naturalistic representation. In this superbly illustrated study, the first since the manuscript came into the public domain, Janet Backhouse explores the… Read More

Phaidon Press in association with the British Library, Oxford, first edition, 1981. Cloth, 4to, 30 cm,. 96 pp, plates, ills, (some colour). From the blurb: "The Lindisfarne Gospels, a manuscript produced in the Northumbrian island monastery of Lindisfarne at the end of the seventh century, in honour of Saint Cuthbert, is one of the world's masterpieces of book painting. It is a precious relic of early Christianity in England, and one of the nation's greatest treasures. This is the first book to make the chief glories of the Lindisfarne Gospels accessible to a wide public. All the important illuminated pages are reproduced in colour from a new and accurate set of photographs. In her introductory chapters Janet Backhouse tells the story of Lindisfarne and of Saint Cuthbert, and describes how the manuscript was made. A sequence of the great illuminated pages is then followed by an absorbing account of their relationship to earlier and contemporary works of art. The final chapter traces the… Read More

Phaidon Press Ltd, Oxford, 1993 reprint of 1987 first paperback edition. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 29 cm,. 80 pp, 70 ills, 28 in colour. From the blurb: "The British Library houses one of the world's great collections of illuminated manuscripts. And Janet Backhouse has drawn on this rich resource to make a selection of outstanding examples that span over 800 years of medieval book production. She begins with an early Christian masterpiece, the Lindisfarne Gospels, and continues with a representative cross-section that reveals the remarkable variety and richness to be found in medieval manuscripts. Wrappers a little creased, otherwise Good.

Phaidon Press Ltd, Oxford, first edition, 1979. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. 80 pp, 70 ills, 28 in colour. From the blurb: "The first manuscript featured here is the priceless Lindisfarne Gospels. It was written and illuminated at the end of the seventh century, when Europe was still largely heathen and the British Isles were on the outer limit of the known world. The last colour plate shows a map of the New World and dates from about a thousand years later when Europe was going through Reformation and Counter-Reformation. It is easy to forget that paintings in manuscripts far outnumber all other types of painting and decoration during this period. They are vital witnesses to the development of European art, but they were always conceived as book illustrations and always intimately connected with a text. Janet Backhouse also points out that illumination was a craft rather than an art in the twentieth- century sense, and that by the thirteenth century the production of books was a professional business.… Read More

Book Club Associates, London, 1979. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. 80 pp, 70 ills, 28 in colour. From the blurb: "The first manuscript featured here is the priceless Lindisfarne Gospels. It was written and illuminated at the end of the seventh century, when Europe was still largely heathen and the British Isles were on the outer limit of the known world. The last colour plate shows a map of the New World and dates from about a thousand years later when Europe was going through Reformation and Counter-Reformation. It is easy to forget that paintings in manuscripts far outnumber all other types of painting and decoration during this period. They are vital witnesses to the development of European art, but they were always conceived as book illustrations and always intimately connected with a text. Janet Backhouse also points out that illumination was a craft rather than an art in the twentieth- century sense, and that by the thirteenth century the production of books was a professional business. The popular… Read More