Search Results: Authors starting with B from Loe Books

London: Hollis & Carter, 1950. Book. Illus. by B.B.. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pages, 16 colour plates/ illustrations. Original dust jacket very good, light wear to edges, some careful strengthening to the reverse, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, endpapers toned, no inscriptions. A very good copy with a very good jacket..

London: Hollis & Carter, 1953. Book. Illus. by Denys Watkins- Pitchford. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 164 pages, 15 colour plates/ illustrations. Hard-back binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked no inscriptions. A near fine copy with a near fine scarce jacket..

London: Horace Cox, 1867. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo. ...To which is added a list of recipes for the management and cure of dogs in disease... 188 pages; b/w illustrations within text. Original hardback binding, near fine, just a little creased on the headbands. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, appears unread, no inscriptions. A near fine copy..

United Kingdom: British Wildlife Publishing Ltd, 2006. Book. Illus. by Lewington, Richard. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 336 pages; numerous colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket fine, binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine as new copy..

New York: Dover Publications, 1971. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. 104 pages + fine colour and b/w plates. Printed card covers very good with light general wear only, upper front corner delaminating. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. "This Dover edition ...is an unabridged republication of the work originally publishedin Volume 8 of the Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History in April 1919.".

London: John Van Voorst, 1884. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. [8], 281, [1]i, 296; frontispiece map coloured in outline, 7 b/w photographicl plates. Publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good, lightly rubbed to extremities. Contents good and tight, original yellow endpapers, first and last few pages a little foxed or toned. Provenance: Gift inscription to the front paste-down "Major Squirel Dawson with W. Scott Wilson's Compliments. July. 93" A very good copy..

Oxford: School of Art, 1961. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 4to (19 x 25cm). A well-produced printed booklet with dark green card wrappers, printed in black to the front cover, 12 pages. In very good condition, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. "Designed and produced under the direction of Veronica Babington Smith, being the first project of her course in Book and Magazine Publishing, Autumn Term, 1961"..

London: Ridgways, 1844. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. By Author's Wife. First Edition. Royal 8vo (24 x 15 cm). Inscibed and signed to the front paste-down by the author "T. Barton Esq, Threxton from his obliged friend R. N. Bacon" (Barton is mentioned in the preface on p. [vii] and Threxton appears in the text). Pp. viii, 412; lithographic portrait frontispiece, further lithographic portrait plate, numerous plates most of which folding (one folding plate inconspicuously repaired along fold], many in-text woodcuts including full page, various tables Publisher's brown textured cloth with blind-stamped decoration to the boards, gilt lettering to the spine, very good, cloth lightly marked. Contents good and tight, some scattered toning and spotting (varies depending on paper used); original yellow-coated end papers. A very good, signed association copy. Scarce.

London: Ward, Lock & Co. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Sixteenth Edition. 12mo. pp. 320 Complete with many fold out colour maps. Hard-back binding, very good, cloth faded and a little rubbed to the top and bottom of the spine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, name to the top of the front free endpaper. A very good copy with numerous colour maps..

London: Chapman & Hall, 1899. Book. Illus. by Badenoch, Margaret J. D.. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo (approx. 16 x 22cm). pp. xviii, 255, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, other b/w illustrations. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt vignette of an insect to the front board, very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities, gilt a little dulled. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Contents clean and tight, neat inscription dated 1899, hinges strong. A very good tight copy..

London: J. and W. Paterson, 1848. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. x 104; title page, index and tipped in errata slip. Original green cloth binding, very good, spine faded and a little brittle, Orkney written in ink to the spine. Contents clean and tight, original endpapers , torn at the hinge now professionally repaired, very lightly marked, no inscription, few spots to the reverse of the front free endpaper, otherwise clean, a few small numbers in pencil to the list of contents. A very good first edition copy in the original binding..

Manchester: The Manchester Field Club/Hinchliffe and Co., 1907. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. A good to very good copy of the this rare publication inscribed to the C. E. Salmon, by the author to the front wrapper [C. E. Salmon noted botanist and author of 'Flora of Surrey']. 28 pages; 6 b/w photographic plates. Card covers with a little general wear, contents clean and tight, last plate with a little wear to the top right corner, not affecting image. A scarce item..

London: Privately Printed (The Women's Printing society), 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. b/w portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing, faded to tan on the spine. Contents clean and tight, front free end paper removed, previous owner's neat signature, otherwise unmarked. A very good copy..

Bristol: Bristol Philatelic Soicety, 1997. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. stapled booklet of 40 pages with printed card covers, centenary postcard of the society loosely inserted. Card covers very good; contents clean and tight,, slight knock to lower corner. A very good copy..

London: John Van Voorst, 1875. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo (15 x 22cm). pp. lxxx, 126; "42 plates and 18 wood-cut illustrations"; original yellow-coated end papers. Original brown cloth hardback binding with gilt lettering, very good and bright with light wear only, top rear outer corner slightly bumped. Contents good and tight, light spotting/foxing, more pronounced to page edges and first and last pages, private bookplate to front end paper, signature. A very good copy..

London: The India Society, 1922. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. No date circa 1922; 22 pages, printed card wrappers. No inscriptions, clean and tight, a very good copy..

London: The India Society, 1922. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. No date circa 1922; 22 pages, printed card wrappers. No inscriptions, clean and tight, a very good copy..

London: The India Society, 1922. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. No date circa 1922; 22 pages, printed card wrappers, slightly dust marked. No inscriptions, clean and tight, a very good copy..

London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. 236 pages, colour and b/w illustrations photographs. Original hardback binding, very good with a little general wear, cloth is a little marked. Contents clean and tight, slight foxing to a few front and back pages and page edges.. A very good copy..

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1932. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. From the author's library. 252 pages numerous b/w illustrations, photographic plates and maps. Original dust jacket very good with minimal wear, a little toned, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, author's attractive bookplate to the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine bright copy, with a good provenance and a scarce jacket..