Search Results: Titles starting with B from Sky Duthie Rare Books

London: Day & Son., [1867].. First edition. Quarto (23 x 28cm). Publisher's original maroon cloth over bevelled boards with gilt titles and decoration to the upper board, repeated in blind to the lower board. All edges gilt. 11 unnumbered thick card leaves printed on rectos only, mounted on stubs, comprising a chromolithographic title page, followed by a preface by Rev. Samuel Wilberforce printed in red and black, and 9 chromolithographic leaves in the style of an illuminated manuscript, richly coloured and incorporating gold and silver. One leaf embellished with an original albumen photographic vignette. Expertly re-cased. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a hint of wear to the spine ends and corners. The contents with a small area of abrasion to the front pastedown and some scattered foxing (heavier to the endpapers) are otherwise in very good order. A beautiful edition of the Romantic poet Felicia Heman's poem 'The Better Land', splendidly illuminated by Helen Baker and printed in… Read More

London: John Long, Ltd., 1925. First UK edition. Octavo. Publisher's original purple cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Bottom edge untrimmed. Illustrated with 111 black and white photographs and two folding maps. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little wear and fading to the spine ends and a chip to the head of the spine. The contents with some occasional light foxing are otherwise in very good order throughout. The folding maps remain clean and crisp. The original dustwrapper with loss to the head of the spine panel, short splits to the joints, a little wear to the extremities, and some light scattered marking is otherwise also very good. A wide-ranging account of the adventures of the American journalist, war correspondent and travel writer Edward Alexander Powell (1879-1957) across East Africa during the early 1920s, copiously illustrated with original photographs by the author and Rexford W. Barton. Uncommon in the original early dustwrapper.

London: George Allen & Company Limited., 1913. First edition. Quarto. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper-covered boards with titles in gilt to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in colour plates and numerous black and white full-page drawings and in-text vignettes by Daphne Allen. 95pp. A near fine copy, the binding firm and bright with just a little wear to the spine ends. The contents with a few small marks to the title page are otherwise clean and fresh throughout. Complete with the original near fine dustwrapper which has a minor mark to the upper panel and a little wear to the tips of the spine. An excellent copy. An attractive copy of the second book by the Edwardian child artist Daphne Allen (1899-1985), published when she was just 14 years old. The work comprises a collection of short stories written by Allen, along with a selection of classic poetry, all accompanied by an extensive array of whimsical fairy-esque illustrations largely… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press., 1971.. Third printing. Publisher's original pictorial card wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. xxii, 364pp. WITH: 2pp. typed copy letter to Snowden from Christopher Fyfe; 3pp. manuscript ink letter from Snowden in reply, signed on the final page, on Howard University headed notepaper; three contemporary reviews of the book sent by Snowden to Fyfe (as per his letter); and three small sheets of pencil notes/page numbers by Fyfe concerning the book, all loosely laid in. A good copy, the binding firm with fading and creasing to the spine and a little wear to the extremities. The contents remain in very good order and clean throughout. The seminal work by the American historian and Distinguished Professor emeritus of classics at Howard University, Frank M. Snowden Jr. (1911-2007), best known for his studies of the lives and experiences of black people in classical antiquity.The present copy contains… Read More

Hobart: Blubber Head Press., 1979. Limited edition, one of 30 copies "signed by the editor and bound in half leather by Peter Thomas of Adelaide", this being number 15. Octavo. Half navy-blue calf over blue cloth boards, ruled in gilt; the spine with five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, gilt whale device to the bottom compartment, and titles in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with a black and white frontispiece, 21 further black and white illustrations, and three folding maps. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a touch of rubbing to the spine. The contents with some scattered foxing to the edges of the textblock are otherwise in very good order. A collection of early titles relating to New South Wales, comprising reproductions of George Blaxland's 'A Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales' (1823); Blaxland's Journal, prefaces to the 1870 and 1904 editions; William Lawson's 'The Journal...' (1813); William Charles Wentworth's 'The… Read More

Oxford: Printed by S. Collingwood and Co. at the Clarendon Press., 1828. 32mo (9 x 5.5cm). Contemporary 'cathedral binding' of full red morocco with embossed gothic architectural decoration to the boards and spine. Owner's name "A. Berriman" in gilt to the upper board and the date "Jan. 1. 1834" to the lower board. A very good copy, the binding firm with a little rubbing to the extremities and a small worm hole to foot of the lower joint. The contents with a some cracking to the rear hinge, a little scattered foxing and some minor creasing to a few page corners are otherwise in very good order. A charming miniature prayer book in an attractive gothic 'cathedral binding'.

Preston: John Harkness., [c.1841].. Broadside ballad on thin paper with wood-engraved headpiece depicting the pirate's bride. 95 x 255mm. There is a small chip to the blank bottom-left corner, a minor hole to the blank upper margin, a faint spot of toning to the left-hand side at the centre, and a little light creasing to the top-left corner, otherwise condition is very good. A nice example of a scarce, delicate, ephemeral production. A ballad forming the parting song of a pirate as he leaves his bride for the "Isle Hydra". As the text indicates, the pirate is a "corsair" en route to the Greek island of Hydra, implying that he is perhaps a Barbary pirate. These "Barbary corsairs", many of whom were Muslim, operated from the North African coast, predominantly seeking to capture slaves (of many ethnicities and religions) for the Barbary slave trade. The ballad also mentions the corsair's "blood red flag", a nautical sign used by pirates to indicate that "no quarter would be given" to their target if… Read More