Search Results: Authors starting with B from James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.

London: Oxford, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: The Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford 1935). First UK Edition. Large format, fine contents, very slight spotting on endpapers, all plates and drawings present and correct, in the VERY SCARCE VG+ D/W which is a little scuffed, with some slight corner wear, and which has two small chips on the upper edge of the rear panel and two tiny holes nearby. One of the author's most important works, here in the rarely seen Dust Wrapper. A very heavy book, so extra postage costs may be necessary

London: Cape, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. DOUBLE SIGNED BY LAUREN BACALL and SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER. VG (spine tips softened) in a VG+ unclipped wrapper. SIGNED without dedication to the front free end-paper. Also SIGNED without dedication to the front free end-paper by Laurence Olivier. Loosely inserted is an original printed guest list and top table seating plan - including Lord and Lady Olivier and other notables - for the Foyles Luncheon at The Dorchester on 8 Feb 1979 celebrating the book's publication, where the book was signed. Very scarce with these attributes. A possibly unique item. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London, 2008. (Cecil Higgins Art Gallery 2008). First UK Edition. A neat gift inscription on the half-title otherwise a fine copy in like D/W. Limited to 2,000 copies. Colour plates throughout. A very nice copy indeed.

1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. (New York and London: D Appleton & Company 1913). First Edition. Likely Second State with the code (2) at the base of text on page 362. Publisher's salmon cloth gilt lettering to front board and spine and also blind-stamped to the front board. A 1.5 cm tear in the cloth at the head of the spine (which is also age-darkened) and soiling to the boards in places. Near VG. No D/W. Clairvoyant dreams, ghosts, murder, and intrigue abound in this short story collection. Dr. Stanchon might be a brilliant diagnostician, but the oddity of his cases more often involves the paranormal undercurrents of late nineteenth-century New York than curious illnesses. Whether he's counselling his patients to break free of their compulsions, keeping family secrets, or tending to his haunted house and its ill-fated tenants, Dr. Stanchon always seems to be in the middle of something mere science just can't explain! Uncommon.

1911. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher 1911). Sixteenth Revised Edition. With 10 maps and 19 plans (all present). Bright and tightly bound in red flexible red covers cloth with gold titles. Light fading to spine, edge wear and tear at top of spine. All maps are included and remain near fine. The text remains bright and unmarked. A nice copy. IN THE VERY RARE plain brown D/W which is darkened to the spine and with a 7 cm closed tear to the right hand edge of the front panel adjacent to the inside flap. In our experience copies of this book in the D/W are exceedingly uncommon. Indeed, this is the first example that we have handled. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Heinemann, 1918. Hard Cover. (London: William Heinemann New Impression March 1918 (originally published as a first edition in January 1918). A name and contemporary date to the front free end-paper. Foxing and toning to the page block. About VG. No dustwrapper. Diary of her life as a VAD in the First World War. Quite scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Heinemann, 1918. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's grey-green paper-covered cloth lettered in dark-blue to the spine and lettered and decorated in dark-blue on the upper board. 146 pages. A VG copy (some very light spotting and spine slightly darkened). No ownership inscriptions. In the VERY RARE VG dustwrapper priced 2/6 net to the spine (as called for by the "English Catalogue of Books for 1918"). The VG dustwrapper has a slither of loss to the spine tips and a slightly darkened spine. On the verso is a strip of tape residue at the head of the spine. This is the first book by the author who went on to write "National Velvet" and describes her experiences as a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) providing nursing care for military personnel during the First World War. Scarce in dustwrapper. Photographs/scans available upon request.

1936. First Edition. (Hounslow, Middlesex 1936). First UK Edition. Softcover. Stapled booklet. Inscription to rear cover and bookplate to verso of front cover otherwise about VG. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London, 1940. (London: L Davenport & Co). Second Edition 1942. Softcover. 33 pages. Black and white illustrations. A VG++ copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London, 1940. (London: L Davenport & Co). Second Edition 1942. Softcover. 31 pages + 2 pages of Contents Page + Adverts to front and fear of both the front and rear covers. Black and white illustrations. A VG++ copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London, 1942. (London: L Davenport & Co). Second Edition 1942. Softcover. 37 pages. Black and white illustrations. A VG++ copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London, 1940. (London: L Davenport & Co). Second Edition 1940. Softcover. 37 pages. Black and white illustrations. A VG++ copy (bookplate on verso of front cover). Photographs/scans available upon request

London, 1940. (London: L Davenport & Co). Second Edition 1940. Softcover. 44 pages. Black and white illustrations. A VG+ copy (bookplate on verso of front cover). Photographs/scans available upon request.

London, 1942. (London: L Davenport & Co 1942). Third Edition (first published in May 1933). Third edition has a Foreword by Will Goldston. Illustrated with 97 photographic Reproductions from the originator's own hands and 3-line drawings. A slim staple-bound softback. Staples (rusted) as usual, now re-sown by a skilled bookbinder. A VG copy. Clean interior. Photograph/scans available upon request.

London: Methuen, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Publisher's red boards with black lettering to the front board and spine. A VG+ copy with NO FADING TO THE FUGITIVE RED SPINE just slight rubbing to the spine edges. No inscriptions. A bookstore stamp on the title page from the E & O Hotel in Penang (The famous Eastern and Oriental Hotel of Georgetown, Malaysia). In a fine facsimile dustwrapper. This book is certainly in good enough shape to take a dustwrapper if one could be found. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Gollancz, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's mid-blue boards with dark-blue lettering to the spine. About VG (slight spine fade, mild ghosting to the spine, strips off darkening to the spine tips matching chips in the dustwrapper). The dustwrapper is priced 7/6 net to the spine (as called for) and is about VG and rather "tired" looking with chips and loss to the spine tips, darkening to the spine and some grubbiness to the back panel. "One of Bailey's more tangled plots, with plenty of incident and suspense as Josh Clunk, self-styled hand of God, investigates the murder of Mollie Marn, and attempts to defence Captain Davy, outside whose cottage Marn's corpse was placed, from charges of murder and treason (WordPress). Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Ward Lock, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Publisher's brown boards with black lettering to the spine and front board. Boards really bright and clean. Spine tips a little pushed. Page block really bright and un-foxed. A neat former owner's name and contemporary date and a collection reference to the front paste-down otherwise a lovely near fine copy (certainly good enough to take a dustwrapper). In a supplied Facsimile dustwrapper which is in fine condition. Quite uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Gollancz, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with red lettering to the spine. Boards really bright and clean. Spine tips a little softened. Dustiness to the top edge. Some foxing to the fore and bottom edges. No inscriptions. Overall VG indeed. In a supplied Facsimile dustwrapper which is in fine condition. Quite uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Gollancz, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with red lettering to the spine. Boards quite bright and clean with minor marking and surface scratching in places. Page block really bright and un-foxed. A neat former owner's name and contemporary date and a collection reference to the front paste-down otherwise a nice VG copy (certainly good enough to take a dustwrapper). In a supplied Facsimile dustwrapper which is in fine condition. Quite uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Pelham Books, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver spine lettering. A near fine copy in like dustwrapper. Photographs/scans available upon request.