Search Results: Authors starting with F from Bensons Antiquarian Books

Paris: Bossange, 1823. Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pages; VIII, 216. Dimensions; 210 by 127mm. Contains a large fold out map of the war in North East France in 1814, at the end of the Napoleonic wars (565 by 510mm). Plus a letter of Napoleon's abdication. (complete). Detached covers, the text is complete, browning to the pages, a bit more so to the first few sheets. A history of the last 6 months of the reign of Napoleon by Baron Fain, secretary and archivist for Napoleon's private cabinet. Impressive looking map, small neat low visibilty repair where it joins the book, inscription on the endpaper.

Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are dust jacket are clean, jacket with minor signs of use. Clean internally, no inscriptions. 214 pages, black and white photographic illustrations throughout.

Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, some creasing to the top of the rear jacket cover and small repaired nick to the top of the rear fore-edge of the jacket. Clean internally, no inscriptions. 160 pages. The story of the making of the Dam Busters, which featured a handful of Lancaster bombers stunningly photographed by Erwin Hillier and Gilbert Taylor, and skillfully flown by the RAF aircrews.

Firenze: Felice le Monnier, 1853. Half-Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Leather binding with marbled covers, marbled page edges and endpapers, red leather title labels. The gilt has faded on the spine, mild rubbing to the covers, the hinges are in good order, a tidy looking volume. The text is complete, toning to the title and half title page otherwise bright and tidy. Original owners armorial bookplate of John Benjamin Heath (1790-1879) on the marbled endpaper (Governor of the Bank of England and consul general to the King of Sardinia). Pages; (2), 397, (1).

London: Nisbet & Co., 1943. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Bound in dark blue cloth with silver titling. In very good- condition. Minor rubbing to cover edges, crease in cloth across front cover. Internally clean, binding is tight. In good+ dust jacket with darkening to spine and some wear to edges. 210 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Solihull: Helion and Company Ltd., 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket, the covers are clean, the dust jacket similar with very slight signs of use. Clean internally, no inscriptions. 319 pages. The military career of General Henry Sinclair Horne 1861-1929. With 10 sheets of photographic illustrations and several b&w maps.

Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Excellent condition hardcover, covers unmarked, the jacket very good with minor signs of use. Clean internally, no inscriptions etc. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Pages; IX, (1), 268.

London: Martin Secker, 1910. Decorative Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with black trim, titling on the front cover and spine. The titling is faded, also faded and a bit worn on the spine, fading to the rear cover. Hinges secure, pulled/loosened internally, light foxing to the title, toning to the pages. Contains 30 sheets of photographic plates including the frontispiece (checked complete), each plate has an average of 2 photographic images each side. Pages; 272, (4). Very interesting journey through the old houses of England, with lots of lovely photographic images.

London: Grub Street , 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise- light signs of use to the jacket. Clean internally, no inscriptions. 216 pages. A history of the Pathfinder Force, drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with those who took part.

Great Britain: Anchor Publications, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hard back in very good condition. Slight rubbing to cover edges, otherwise clean throughout, binding is very good. In good+ dust jacket with light marking and minor wear to edges. 111 pages. Gift inscription from the author on the half-title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, dust jacket similar. Clean internally, no inscriptions. 176 pages.

Windsor: Oxley & Son, Printers to His Majesty the King., 1910. Vellum. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Vellum spine with pale olive green coloured cloth covers. The cloth colour is faded around the bottom outer corners of the covers. The text is complete, pretty clean and bright internally, a few minor marks in places, the page edges are uncut, some marking to the outer edges of the rear endpaper. Pages; (2), 61, (1). Small folio size- 294 by 230mm. Account of the family & descendants of William Fellowes of Eggesford 1660-1723, frontispiece of Fellowes.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise. Clean internally, no inscriptions. Pages; XIII, 210. History of lesser known Japanese attacks on Australia and USA after the success of Pearl Harbour (incl. midget submarine attack on Sydney, the Lookout air raids in Oregon).

Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise. Clean internally, no inscriptions. The story of war crimes committed by the Japanese navy in WW2, against both servicemen and civilians. With 13 b&w photographs on 4 sheets. 212 pages.

Flammarion, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Philippe Dumas. Hard back in very good+ condition. Clean throughout, binding is very good, barely noticable wear. 41 pages, attractively illustrated. Text in French. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Arthur Barker, 1960. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Good. Hard back in near very good condition. Covers are clean, small mark on external page edges. Free front end paper is missing, browning to end papers, otherwise clean internally. Binding is very good. In good+ dust jacket with some marking to back cover and minor wear to edges. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: John Long. Cloth. Good. Bound in green cloth with white titling. In good condition. Minor rubbing and marking to covers, library label and markings on first and last few pages, minor creasing to a couple of pages, otherwise clean internally. Binding is good and secure. 168 pages. No publishing date, circa 1940s. A decent reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Paisley: J. And R. Parlane, 1898. Cloth. Good. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt titling. In good condition, a decent reading copy. Some marking and minor rubbing to covers, Browning to end papers, some minor markings internally, but generally clean. Binding is a bit shaky, but is good and secure. 191 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1824. 1st Edition . Full-Leather. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full leather, detached covers and lacking the spine leather, some chipping around the board edges. Clean and bright internally, minor marking. Susan Edmonstone Ferrier 1782-1854. A 1st edition of the 2nd of Ferrier's 3 novels. With marbled page edges and endpapers, armorial bookplate of John Burton Philips on the front endpaper (who built Heath house in Staffordshire in 1836).

Paris: Librairie Generale Francaise, 1983. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Paperback in good condition. Minor rubbing and marking to covers, internally clean, binding is tight. 221 pages. In french. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall