Search Results: Authors starting with B from Unsworth's Antiquarian Booksellers

Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1980. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt, fine. Dust-jacket, lightly shelf-rubbed,, slightly creased to edges otherwise very good.

Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1976. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt, fine. Dust-jacket, price-clipped, slightly creased to edges otherwise very good.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 273 + plates with maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. First edition. 8vo., pp. vi, 329. Hardback: grey cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiii, 256. Maps. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1995. First edition. 8vo., pp. 319. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, sun-faded to spine, not affecting lettering, light creasing to edges, otherwise very good. Author inscribed. In the series: Publications of the Foundation for Italian Studies, University College Dublin.

Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2009. 8vo., pp. viii, 360. Paperback. Unread, light shelf-wear, very good indeed.

Romae [Rome]: Apud Venantium Monaldini Bibliopolam in Via Cursus, 1782. 4to., pp. 31, [I] + 127 engraved plates including frontispiece, title-page and dedication. Some library stamps, pencil notes to front endpapers and title-page verso, light foxing, some plates slightly toned. Recent library binding, half deep red morocco with red cloth boards, gilt title and shelf mark to spine, cloth hinges. A little rubbed at edges but very sound, very good. Bookplate of Warrington Municipal Library to front pastedown, library ink stamps to frontispiece verso, p.1, p.7 and plate V verso. Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700) was an Italian engraver, draughtsman and painter best known for his depictions of antique subjects. During his lifetime he was famous for producing volumes of such prints, many of which ran into several editions. This volume includes six miniatures from the Codex Romanus (Cod. Vat. 3867).

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. 216 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Oxonii [Oxford]: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1745. 2 parts in 1 vol., 4to., pp.(xii), 138, (iv); (iv), 164 +16 plates, some folding (in part one 12 numbered & 1 unnumbered, in part two 3 numbered). Engraved head- and tail-piece and initials. Small abraded area to centre of title-page nearly forming a hole but not affecting text, occasional light spots but very clean internally. Contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, spine gilt with label, edges sprinkled red. Head and tail of spine and joints repaired in a lighter colour, corners worn, very good. To front paste-down, ownership inscription of J. Fleming, Coll: Oriel Soc. 1774 (according to Alumni Oxonienses of Thorner, Yorkshire, who began his M.A. at Oriel College in 1770). Also later book label of James Hobbs. The 'Antiquitates Rutupinae' is the second edition, having been previously published in 1711; Battely's nephew Oliver inherited his papers and arranged for this complete publication with Sir James Burrough. The works treat the… Read More

London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1899. 8vo, pp. xiii, 435 + 83 illustrations. Slightly toned, but still a very good copy. Red cloth, gilt with gilt design to upper board, hinges weakening, head and foot of spine bumped, library plate and stamps to front pastedown and occasionally throughout, else good. The Cathedral Builders 'shows much original observation and research and, if its arguments are not always conclusive, the international scope of the work and its wealth of illustration render it a storehouse of information' (ODNB).

Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2013. 8vo., pp. 172. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Scarborough: G. L Beeforth, n.d. [c.1853] 8vo. (225 x 145mm). 8 leaves of plates, each with two engraved images of Scarborough signed Rock & Co, London and dated between 1850 and 1853. Foxed. Blue cloth, blind-stamped, gilt title to upper board, yellow endpapers. A bit rubbed, but good. G. L Beeforth was a "Bookseller, Stationer, Print and Music Seller" of 3. St. Nicholas Street, Scarborough, who complemented his stock with pianofortes, desks, blotting paper and leather goods.

London: Viking Penguin, 2002. First edition, sixth impression. 8vo., pp., xxxvii, 490 + plates. Section of maps to text. Toning, darkening to margins and edges, otherwise contents clean. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, creased at head of spine and along joints and all edges, white background now partly grubby, but still good.

London: Weidenfield & Nicholson, 2012. First edition, second impression. 8vo., pp. xvii, 863 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: red cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear, very good. Unobtrusive Waterstones sticker to front cover stating "Exclusive Waterstones edition including additional photographs".

London: Viking, 2009. First edition, sixth impression. 8vo., pp. xv, 592 + 3 sections of plates. Maps. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, lightly creased to edges, still very good.

Cambridge University Press, 1970. 8vo., pp. xviii, 266. Cloth, gilt-lettered, edges dusted. Dust-jacket, browning to spine, shelf wear. Very good. Illegible ownership inscription in pencil to ffep. Cambridge Studies in English Legal History.

University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2011. 8vo., pp. 296. 22 b/w illustrations. 5 maps. Hardback. Dust-jacket. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap.

New York: W. W. Norton, 2017. First American edition. 8vo., pp. xxii, 360. Hardback: cream cloth-backed beige boards, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a tiny black dot to top edge and a hint only of shelf-wear: a fine copy. Dust-jacket subtitled 'Machiavelli in His World'.

The Society for Medieval Archaeology, 2009. First edition. Folio (280 x 212 mm), pp. xi, 267. Illustrations to text. Paperback. Light shelf-wear, very good. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 28.