Search Results: Titles starting with B from Ariel Books

New York, U.S.A.: Gerge Olms Verlag , 1975. Facsimile of 1896 First Edition. Ex reference library copy with minor markings of one library stamp, one cancel stamp at rear, name twinked out at front, pp xx 199 with 76 plates of cunneiform text at rear. Copy is bright and crisp, bds unworn with slight soiling.. Re-Issue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Wellington, New Zealand: Black Light Press , 1989. Numbered 187 of 300 copies. Authors 2nd collection of Poetry written when revisiting the USA which he first lived in the 1960s. CONDITION Hand printed at Alan Loneys Black Light Press. Cream card wraps, with whip stitched spine and French flaps, unpaginated (approx. 30 pages) print on quality cream heavy paper stock. Unread.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, USA: Ravenswood, 1911. 'BACKBONE contains good sayings, mottoes and aphorisms, also chapters on Character, Cheerfulness, Purpose, Success, Opportunity, Progress, Worry, Persistence, Self-Improvement, Training, Courage, Self-Confidence, Mistakes, Thoroughness, Enemies, Love, Criticism, Duty, Work. Etc.,Etc. CONDITION Card wraps with Red/Black text, separation bottom 2" of rear spine else unworn, printed on quality art paper with Red borders to each page. A nice tight copy with bright clean interior.. 5th Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dunedin, New Zealand: The Evening Star , 1945. Author was father of Allen Curnow. Red cloth with gilt titles, 96 pages with cartoon illus. Signed by Author to fep (his own copy?) with clippings of his poems in envelope pasted to rear. Copy is very bright and crisp, starting to fray at spine heel and water stain front and bottom rear, else bright and crisp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Beegee. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicargo: The Baffler, 1995. American magazine of cultural, political, and business analysis. This issue includes writing by Irving Welsh and Naomi Klein. 128 pages, bright and crisp apart from stain top front edge of cover.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Glasgow, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1871. Black Leather bds with bright Gilt title, ruled borders and 5 raised bands to spine (leather rubbed to edges, spine head is chipped top 3/4 inch, cracked at hinge though hinge and mull tight) Gilt rulled dentille to inside edge, bright gilt to all edges, burgundy marbled eps, pp xxvii 656. Nice bright text block with some expected light foxing given age, not inscribed. Overweight.. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: A C Fifield, 1912. Author Sir Harold Herbert Williams (1880 - 1964) was an English scholar, priest, lawyer, politician, bibliophile, and expert on the works of Jonathan Swift. CONDITION Grey bds (bright and clean as new) 64 pages, untrimmed pages printed on quality cream paper stock. Very bright and crisp. DJ has insect damage to edges, toned spine, otherwise bright copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Robert Buchanan, 1897. Black bds with Red titles with crisp Silver embossed design of Serpent entwined in fruit tree, cnrs sharp not bumped, light speckling to bds mostly at bottom edge, black eps, Red/Black text tp, pp 154 tight and clean, printed on quality India Paper. Not inscribed pages to front and rear ends age browned, odd fox spot to interior.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Henry Frowde OUP, 1900. Not Dated (1900 BL) Smooth Burgundy Leather with bright Gilt and banded spine (fresh as new with sl. rub to spine foot and chip to head o/w not scuffed or worn) Bright gilt top edge with silk ribbon marker, pp xxxiv pp 480 with 106 illus through out all printed on quality India paper (not inscribed, bright unread state) Original wrapper is mostly fresh with tanned spine missing bottom 3/4" and leading edge is silver fished causing partial separation. An exceptionally good copy.. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Print Publishing Co , 1945. Not Dated [1945 NZNB S436]. Stapled wraps, 24 pages with illus cover. Pamphlet, cheap paper quality has browned and brittle spine has split, name stamp of noted historian Brydon Speedy insibe front.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Johannesburg, South Africa: Lovedale Press, 1941. Decribes rules for marriage under the law and exemptions with specific case studies. Cream thin card wraps, pp 47. Bright unworn copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1953. Fiction, Entertaining story on life in the back blocks of New Zealand. Writing about mainly her farm life in the King Country. Her 7th Barbara title. CONDITION Red papered bds with black title, 160 pages with line illus by Gwyneth Richardson. Copy very bright and crisp, spine head a bit crushed causing damage to paper, DJ bright with short tears to spine ends.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Vintage, 1994. NZ Fiction. Her 3rd novel, it won the Award for Achievement 1963, is about a young woman pregnant to a wimpish, unreliable lover mystifyingly attached to his sister, and who finally, in the hands of a sympathetic older man, learns independence. Pp 152, nice and crisp copy. #New Zealand Literature#. Re-Issue. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: H G Bohn, 1850. Green cloth with bright gilt decoration to front and spine, blind embossed decorative borders front and rear, dated from name and date inside front, spine toned and a little chipped at head and heel, bright gilt to all edges, 110 pages with 43 nice engraved illus, and two hand coloured fold out maps, very bright and crisp copy.. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: R E Owen, Govt Printer, 1962. NZEF Desert Caampaingns. CONDITION Red cloth, unworn w sharp cnrs, pp xii 416 with half tone photo plates, maps and fold outs. Bright and crisp as new internally apart from name inside front.DJ has minor wear and tiny chips, spine slightly faded. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. Considered part of the expanded Drones Club canon, since the main character Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps is a member of the club. CONDITION Red bds unworn with sharp cnrs, 222 pages are bright and crisp with faint foxing to eps. DJ not price clipped but has edge chips and a couple of large tears. Bottom has a slim water mark along edge to DJ and cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Exisle Publishing Limited, 2005. About Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, and its creator well known personality and potter Barry Brickell. 168 pages with photo illus and a map. Bright and crisp with gum residue from price label, small mark to spine heel else unworn. #New Zealand Biography#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Jersey: Huelin et le Feuvre, 1881. The Battle of Jersey 6 January 1781 was an attempt by French Royalist forces to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to French and American shipping in the American War of Independence. Text in French with advertising in English. CONDITION Green cloth with bright gilt title and black decorative border to front (some stains and mild wear to cloth at spine ends and tips) pp x 125 with 8 engraved illus and a plan of St Helier, 3 pages of advertising, list of names (local combatants?) name to front free end page. Mostly clean with odd fox spot, gutter split to paper at front hinge, mull intact. Overall a nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Henry & Co , 1891. Noted Jewish humourist known as Dickens' of the Ghetto who initiated and edited Ariel, The London Puck, and did miscellaneous work for the London press. This is his first solo collection followed by the Old Maids' Club a year later. CONDITION Blue illustrated cloth has moderate wear to spine ends and tips, ppvi 338 + publishers list to rear. Copy is mostly clean internally with light edge spotting, odd folded cnr to pages, nice illus through out, a little shaken.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Hutchinson . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

United Kingdom: Picador Original, 1993. Travels beginning in Timaru NZ through Australia and Canada, USA, Switzerland and Belgium.White bds with Black title (bright and unworn) pp 291 is tight and appears unread (not inscribed) Original DJ not worn or price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.