Search Results: Authors starting with B from MagicWorldBooks

Major-General E.B. Ashmore - Air Defence - London, Longmans Green & Co, 1929 - Hardcover - First Edition - 179pp + map - 22x15 cmCondition Very Good: Cover a few dirty spots, pencil note inside at the back. Some pages have been marked with a small cross in pencil. No other issues: tight, complete (with map) and in very good shape for such an old book.Major-General Ashmore was the leading figure in the air defence of the United Kingdom, founding what would eventually become the Royal Observer Corps. He was appointed to devise improved systems of detection, communication and control. A system to be called the Metropolitan Observation Service was created which covered the London area and was known as the London Air Defence Area.On 29 October 1925 the Observer Corps came into official existence. Major-General Ashmore was regarded as the first commander of the Observer Corps in all but name during 1925 and he is deemed to be the Corps' founder. If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel… Read More

Mrs. Belloc Lowndes - The Lodger - London, Methuen & Co, 1913 - First Edition - Hardcover (Library Binding) - 311pp - 18x13 cmCondition Good/Fair: Bound in library binding, cover in good condition, some library marks and stamps in front. One page has been repaired with tape (see picture), pages a bit discoloured and some occasional spotting. Otherwise clean, no notes or underlining, binding tight, complete.If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking number, signed & insured.

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh - The Sun Behind the Sun Behind the Sun; a Darshan Diary - India, Rajneesh Foundation, 1980 - 1st Edition - Hardcover with dust jacket - 615pp - 22x15 cmCondition Very Good: Dust jacket some minor damage at corners and edges, pages a bit yellowed. Otherwise almost as new, no names or writing, tight, probably unread. Only 5000 printed for this first edition.If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking number, signed & insured.

Joseph Blagrave - Blagrave's Introduction to Astrology, in Three Parts - London, E. Tyler and R. Holt, for Obadiah Blagrave, 1682 - First Edition - Hardcover - 329pp - 10x18 cm
Condition Good: Frontispiece missing, probably rebound, name inside and some inscriptions at front and back, minor worming at upper inner margin. Otherwise the book is remarkably clean and fresh inside, all pages clean without notes or remarks and the binding is solid. The book is protected by a custom-made, gilt titled cloth box.
This posthumous book (published by his nephew) is the final work written by Blagrave who had a profound belief in the virtues of astrology. He has published several scientific books and other works as early as 1658. His youthful years were spent in the study of astronomy and astrology, afterwards in philosophy and the practice of physic and he once wrote: "Without some knowledge in astronomy one can be no astrologer, and without knowledge in astrology one can be no philosopher, and without knowledge… Read More

Marjorie Bowen - The Shadow on Mockways - London, Collins, 1933 - 4th Edition - Hardcover - 254pp - 18x12 cmCondition Good: Spine bleached,, cover faded, label and note at empty pages, spotting throughout the book (mostly at the edges). The book has no big issues; binding tight, pages clean, complete.Marjorie Bowen (Gabrielle Margaret Vere Campbell) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye, and Margaret Campbell. If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking number, signed & insured.

Max Brand - Black Jack - London, Hodder & Stoughton,1926 - First Edition - Hardcover with Dust Jacket - 320pp - 18x12 cmBook Condition: Good - Top of spine damaged, pages discolored. Binding tight, no inscriptions or other issues.Dust Jacket: Fair - Missing some parts around the edges, spine repaired from the inside.If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking number, signed & insured.

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Epipsychidion . A Type Fac-Simile Reprint of the original Edition first published in 1821. With an Introduction by the Rev. Stopford A. Brooke and a Note by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Edited by Robert Alfred Potts - London, The Shelley Society, 1887 - Limited Edition (500 copies) - Hardcover- LVXI+31pp - 23x15 cmCondition Good: Cover some light damage and a bit dirty, pages roughly cut. No other issues - binding tight, pages clean, complete.Epipsychidion is a major poetical work published in 1821. The theme of the work is a meditation on the nature of ideal love. Epipsychidion opens with an invocation to Emilia as a spiritual sister of the speaker. He addresses her as a "captive bird" for whose nest his poem will be soft rose petals. He calls her an angel of light, the light of the moon seen through mortal clouds, a star beyond all storms. If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking… Read More