Search Results: Titles starting with A from Bath and West Books (PBFA)

Bristol: Sansom & Company, 2014. First Edition, First Impression 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket. New copy, acquired directly from the publisher, several copies available. 160 pp. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Adrian Wiszniewski remains best known as one of the 'New Glasgow Boys', who shot to prominence in the mid-1980s with huge, exuberant figure paintings as redolent of fantasy and myth as they were attuned to the workings of contemporary thought and everyday life. This book, with over 100 illustrations of the most important work, is the first to provide an overview of Wiszniewski's art over thirty years of continuity and change. Ten essays mix chronological survey with thematic discussion to identify both the core elements and the more distinctive features of the artist's surprisingly consistent creative personality. Heavy/oversize book. U.K. postage at default charge. Overseas buyers may be asked… Read More

London: Harold Shaylor, 1931. First British Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hirschfeld, Al. Publisher's cloth. Somewhat worn and soiled with rubbing to edges, bumping to bottom corners, fraying to spine tips. Age-toning and soiling to page edges. Ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown. Liquid-staining to gutter side of bottom margins through a couple of sections. Occasional minor finger-marking and spotting but contents o/w clean and fresh. xiv, 424 pp. 66 b/w plates + pen and ink chapter headings by Al Hirschfeld. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. May Mott-Smith (1879-1952) was a woman ahead of her time. In an era when the possibilities for women were extremely limited, the thrice-married Mott-Smith roamed across the globe, working as a painter, sculptor, jewelry designer, and travel writer. Her most easily accessible literary work is 'Africa from Port to Port' (published in America in 1930) in which she… Read More

Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan Books / IRRP, 1990. First Edition, Third Impression Third Printing. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Wrappers clean and bright with minor edge wear and without reading crease to spine. Minor spotting/age-toning to page edges. Contents clean, tight and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. xx, 230 pp. + 2 pp about The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP). "The authors look critically at the uncertainty surrounding comprehensive land claims in British Columbia and at the paths native groups are taking in projects concerning fisheries, forestry and minerals. The analysis of these initiatives is aimed at bringing light to the critical and timely question: what might the future of resource use and management be like 'After Native Claims?' " 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.

Mill Dam, South Shields: T. L. Ainsley, 1916. Forty-Ninth Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. N.D. but preface to the forty-ninth edition dated 1916. Full title: 'Ainsley's New Examiner in Seamanship. Containing all the subjects in Seamanship required of Candidates for Certificates of Competency, both in the Ordinary and Extra Examinations, arranged in Questions and Answers. Plates for the International Code of Signals, British Signal Manual, Rule of the Road, Hydrographic Chart Signs, Making and Taking In Sails, etc.' Terracotta cloth with gilt lettering and ship device to upper board. Reasonably clean with some marks, bumps and rubs; gilt bright. Firmly bound. Age-toning and minor spotting to page edges. Contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions or markings other than a few pages with spotting. 287 pp. + ad for Ainsley's Navigation School. Illustrations and diagrams, some in colour. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.… Read More

Croatia: Amaranthine Books, 2021. Limited Edition . Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mazinjanin, Damir. Sumptuous limited edition of Lewis Carroll's classic 19th-century children's stories: 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There'. Published by the Croatian fine press, Amaranthine Books, in a limitation of only 260 copies. Signed by Marko Matijasevic (creative concept) and Damir Mazinjanin (illustrations). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Removed from publisher's shrink wrap but as new o/w and will be sent in publisher's protective packaging. This copy is number 109 and comes with the 'swag' that was only available with books purchased directly from Amaranthine: Alice-themed playing cards and notebook (sealed in publisher's shrink wrap). 'Alice' is draped in luxurious, blood-orange, textured fabric, featuring intricately woven illustrations on the covers, and it… Read More

London: Folio Society, 2015. Limited Edition Third Printing. Fine Binding. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sandwyk, Charles van. A new copy as received directly from The Folio Society. One of only 200 copies released by Folio in 2023 with a specially commissioned four-colour illustrated bookplate signed by Charles Van Sandwyk. First edition thus, third printing, 2022. This exquisite Folio Society collector's edition of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale, is illustrated by acclaimed artist, Charles van Sandwyk. Tinted title pages and a spectacular binding design reflect the magic of Carroll's incomparable story, while Charles van Sandwyk's series of charming colour plates and black-and-white drawings neatly capture its many iconic characters. Van Sandwyk has signed a specially commissioned four-colour illustrated book plate for this glorious collector's edition of only 200 copies. Step into a world of wonder with Charles van Sandwyk's exquisite illustrations in Alice… Read More

London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1938. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth silver: generally clean with ever so slight fading to spine and a small stain to spine tail. Edges lightly rubbed and dented, spine tips slightly pushed with minor fraying to head. Minor age-toning and soiling to page edges. 1939 gift inscription to front free endpaper but contents o/w clean without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 284 pp. 14 b/w plates. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cicely Fox Smith was considered by a 1926 reviewer in Punch Magazine the "poet of the sea," in recognition of her peerless ability to articulate the true voice of sailors and seafaring people. Her poetry gave voice to the generations who sailed the seas and has been turned into hundreds of songs. In 1937 she finally realized a childhood dream by sailing around the coast of Africa, as a guest of the Union-Castle… Read More

London: Folio Society, 2018. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Samnee, Chris; Wilson, Matthew (Colouring by). New and sealed in publisher's shrink wrap as received directly from the Folio Society. Experience 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' with this special Folio Society collector's edition featuring illustrations by comic book artist, Chris Samnee, and colouring by Matthew Wilson. Michael Chabon's prize-winning novel is introduced by Michael Moorcock, one of the most important figures in British science fiction and fantasy literature. A triumph of both cult and mainstream literature, 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. Delivering all the thrills of Golden Age comics and a deeply humane story about hope and tragedy - all via an exuberant literary voice - it has become one of the defining novels of the modern age. It is 1939, and Adolf Hitler casts a long… Read More

London : Julian Hartnoll, 1977. First Edition . Printed Card Wrappers. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition held at Julian Hartnoll's London gallery from December 1st - 16th 1977. Printed card wrappers. Catalogue of 48 exhibits (6 illustrated). Includes an introduction based on the article 'A. E. Marty', written by J. Dulac and published in Les Artistes du Livre, Babou, Paris 1930. Acquired directly from the publisher. Several copies available. Unread but with minor storage wear to wrappers, spotting to page edges, and rusting to staples. Contents clean. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: Agnew's, 2006. First Edition . Printed Card Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gadd, Andrew. Published to accompany an exhibition at Agnew's, London, 1-24 Feb, 2006. Landscape format; printed card wraps. Includes a biography, a forward by Andrew Gadd, and an introduction by Julian Agnew. 21 full-page, colour reproductions. Slight yellowing to page edges. A clean, bright copy without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

London: The Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2008. Hardcover. New/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New copy as received direct from The Folio Society. Oxford University Press edition of the text of 'Anthony and Cleopatra' with full explanatory notes. Published in this special binding by FS in 2008 to accompany the Letterpress Shakespeare limited edition; spare commentary volumes were then sold individually by The Folio Society and have become collectable in their own right. This title in now out of print. Bound in deep red buckram with a title label to upper board. The book is as new without any flaws. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Royal Archaeological Institute, 2014. Softcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover copy in excellent condition. Card covers clean and bright with uncreased spine and minimal rubbing. Contents clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 334 pp. Illustrations in colour and b/w. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: Folio Society, 2021. First Edition, Second Impression Second Printing. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Williams, Kristjana S. . New copy in the publisher's wrapping, as received directly from The Folio Society. The Folio Society presents Jules Verne's fantastical adventure 'Around the World in Eighty Days' in a spectacularly fitting edition, replete with a giant fold-out map designed by sought-after artist, Kristjana S. Williams. This is the second printing of the Folio Society's first edition thus. Bound in cloth printed and blocked with a design by the artist. Printed on Abbey Wove paper. Set in Bulmer with Latin as display. Printed and bound in Germany. 208 pages. 31 integrated black & white motifs. Large fold-out colour map in corner pocket. Blocked slipcase. 9½''? x 6¼''. In betting fellow members of the famous Reform Club half his fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in just 80 days, Phileas… Read More

London: The Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2008. Hardcover. New/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New copy as received direct from The Folio Society. Oxford University Press edition of the text of 'As You Like It' with full explanatory notes. Published in this special binding by FS in 2008 to accompany the Letterpress Shakespeare limited edition; spare commentary volumes were then sold individually by The Folio Society and have become collectable in their own right. This title is now out of print. Bound in deep green buckram with a title label to upper board. The book is as new without any flaws. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

London : Ward & Downey, 1889. Limited Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Maurier, George du. First published in two volumes in 1885, this story scandalised critics including Wolff who called it "a very naughty book". Published here in an unnumbered limited edition of 1000, illustrated by George du Maurier, the author of 'Trilby'. Bound in a light buckram which has become darkened and soiled over time with some bumping to edges but is still attractive with deep red titling and gilt decoration to upper board, and gilt to spine. Firmly bound. Top page edges gilt, others untrimmed, many unopened. Endpapers with a brown and gold leaf pattern: lightly marked. Contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Half-title; tissue-guarded frontis.; title; dedication to Sarah Bernhardt and Fanny Bernard-Beere; limitation; 12 tissue-guarded plates (13 plates in all); 293 pp. 4to - over 9¾ - 12"… Read More

London: Redcliffe Press Ltd, 2005. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Haddrell, Trevor. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket which is clean, crisp, bright and intact. Boards clean and square with sharp corners. Contents clean, white and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 93 pp; engravings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "In these engravings Trevor Haddrell has been influenced especially by the monumental studies of natural forms by the early photographer, Karl Blossfeldt, and inspired also by the powerful wood engravings of Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton and Gertrude Hermes, along with the work of the Japanese wood-block artists Hokusai and Hiroshige. 'They are,' he says, 'intended, first and foremost, to work as abstract designs in the language of black and white engravings rather than pedantic botanical studes.' ".

London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover in price-clipped dustjacket which is lightly soiled with sunning and light staining to spine, and tears and chips to edges. Blue cloth gilt. Blue boards clean and bright with rubbing to edges, and rippling to spine apparently caused by liquid spillage. Paper a little age-toned but contents clean and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or markings. xi, 244 pp. 16 b/w illustrations, 6 maps plus map endpapers. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "This 'book of the sailor at the coast line' traces the changes which have come to pass in the seacraft of England and in ports at home and overseas. It treats of the men of the Mercantile Marine as they are today - worthy successors of the sea-dogs and merchant adventurers of the past. It demonstrates the debt of the Empire to those whose enterprise feeds the population and makes possible the… Read More

Australia: Rigby Limited, 1969. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White, Unk. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean and crisp with light wear to joints and edges, a 4 cm tear to front joint of spine head, and a small hole to front panel. Book is clean and fresh, inside and out, without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Firmly bound. 64 pp; b/w line drawings by Unk White. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Holcroft wrote the stories behind 29 Auckland landmarks including Ellerslie Racecourse, Shamrock Cottage, The Ferry Building, The Public Library, and Melanesian Mission House which was paid for by Charlotte M. Yonge with £400 earned from the first edition of 'The Daisy Chain'. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.