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

London: Puffin Books for The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, 2022. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blake, Quentin . No. 996 of a Limited Edition of 1000. A fine, unread copy. Bound in full purple cloth with a design in black and gold by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 'The BFG' was first published in 1982. This Limited Edition was produced for The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in 2022 and features exclusive material from the Roald Dahl Museum archive. A fine, unread copy. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: John Lamb Publications and Inventions Limited, 1954. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Smith, Douglas. Hardcover with dust jacket in three pieces. Blue cloth gilt: a few small marks; rubbing to corners; vertical crease to spine and slight fraying to tips. Toning and a few spots to page edges. Contents clean without inscriptions, bookplates, foxing or other markings. Firmly bound. 213 pp + 1 pp publisher's ad; b/w plates inc. portrait frontispiece; cartoons by Douglas Smith (cartoonist to Newcastle Evening Chronicle). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Sidcot, Somerset: The Gruffyground Press, 1991. First Edition . Card Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brett, Simon. Limited Edition of 450 copies. Eight page catalogue of illustrated poetry books published by the Gruffyground Press. Unpaginated. Title page has a boxwood engraving of a pine marten by Simon Brett, printed from the original block. Orange card wrappers bound with orange thread. A very good copy with some small spots and minor creasing to wrappers. Contents clean and bright without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: Sotheby's, 1988. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catalogue published to accompany the Sotheby's sale of 120 colour prints from the copperplates of botanical engravings by Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Illustrated in colour and b/w. Clean bright copy with minor wear to wrappers. Contents clean without inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Staple-bound: no rusting. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sir Joseph Banks travelled with Captain James Cook on his first circumnavigation of the world in HMS Endeavour between 1768 and 1771. These are engravings of plants collected on that voyage. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Cambridge University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean with minor rubbing and one small closed tear. Binding clean and bright with minor edge wear. Paper browned but contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. xx, 356 pp. + publisher's ads; b/w illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Bath: RUTON, 2002. First Edition, First Impression 1st Printing. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Monograph by Trevor Fawcett. Very good copy with light creasing to spine. Internally clean, white and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Illustrated in b/w. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 2002. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt. Unfaded and clean except for small white mark on lower board. Small bumps to spine head and one corner. Firmly bound. Contents clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. xiv, 464 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.

Stavanger: North Sea Society, 1988. Printed Card Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce title. Norwegian language. Printed card wrappers: clean and bright with light edge wear. Contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 77 pp; b/w illustrations throughout. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Printed in the City of London by the Edinburgh Press: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pocock, Noel. Humorous, illustrated, gift book with 12 delightful, tipped in, colour plates by Noel Pocock (1878 - 1949) on dark mounts. No date or printing stated so I believe it to be the first edition of 1911 rather than one of the reprints from that year. Hardcover in original pictorial cloth. 61 pp. 12 colour plates. Prologue and 12 songs to be sung to airs such as 'Nanki-Poo's Song' from The Mikado - all illustrated with b/w drawings by Pocock. Illustrated endpapers. The binding is somewhat worn and soiled with rubbing to edges, fraying to spine tips, splits to rear joint at top (8 cms) and bottom (4 cms), and a 1 cm closed tear underneath Pocock's name on the spine. Age-toning and spotting to page edges. The free endpapers and some early signatures (sections of the text block)… Read More

Norwich: Michael Russel (Publishing) Ltd, 1992. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is very good with marking to rear panel but inside of jacket is clean and white. Minor creasing to spine tail, and minor fading to spine; any other apparent inconsistency of colour is due to reflection during photography. Red cloth gilt: clean and bright with bumping to spine tail. Firmly bound. Contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Introduction; Thomson Genealogical Table; 248 pp. Lots of b/w photos and maps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original receipt and two press cuttings entitled 'Ben Line ventures into the offshore industry' and 'Company withdraws from liner trades' laid in. "This anecdotal history vividly describes life afloat and ashore, spanning the days of sail, two world wars, the evolution of high-speed… Read More

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1946. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is sunned and rubbed with fraying to spine tips and corners. Publisher's cloth blocked with Ben Line flag in red, white and blue. Binding is clean with fading to lettering on spine and a little spotting to top edges. Firmly bound, hinges tight. Signature to front pastedown, one ballpoint pen annotation, contents o/w clean, crisp and fresh without foxing or other markings. Map endpapers. xi, 105 pp.; b/w photos. Includes Roll of Honour. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: Folio Society, 2018. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hamley-Jenkins, Annette. A new copy, as received directly from The Folio Society. The Folio Society edition of one of the best-selling and most widely read books of all time: Anna Sewell's 'Black Beauty'. This delightful collector's edition is introduced by Michael Morpurgo and embellished with nostalgic illustrations by Annette Hamley-Jenkins. Bound in black cloth blocked in blue and cream with a design by the artist. Set in Dante with Rumble Brave display and printed on Abbey Wove paper. 224 pages. Frontispiece and 5 colour illustrations. Running horse motif on text pages. 9'' x 6¼''. Blue slipcase also printed with the running horse motif. Printed and bound in Italy. A mint, unread copy, as received directly from The Folio Society. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked… Read More

Cheltenham Spa: Privately Printed for W. J. Fieldhouse by Ed. J. Burrow & Co., Ltd., 1921. Limited Ed. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Privately printed, limited edition, numbered 344 and signed by Oliver Baker (1856-1939). Ex-university library copy with minimal evidence. Bound in brown buckram with gilt lettering and decoration. An attractive copy with light rubbing and marking to cloth, pushing to spine tips and corners. Age-toning to page edges. Brown endpapers with minor offsetting. Front eps have slightly tacky remnant of small label from 'The British Council, Fine Arts Department, Reference Library' and a small booksellers label (K. R. Drummond). The limitation page has a University Library stamp at the bottom but there is no other library evidence. 2 cm closed tear to lower edge of frontispiece. A few minor marks to text block but overall clean and bright. Brown ribbon marker attached but only just. Firmly bound. 3 colour and… Read More

London: The Folio Society, 2020. Cloth. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hische, Jessica (Lettering). A new copy, sealed in publisher's shrink wrap as received directly from The Folio Society. A beautiful pocket-sized Folio edition of the monumental King James Version of the Book of Proverbs, with exquisitely designed lettering by Jessica Hische and a new introduction by the Bishop of Leeds. The book is bound in orange cloth, blocked in blue with Hische's striking lettering, and the blue slipcase is blocked with the same design in orange. Set in Arno. 136 pages. Printed in 2 colours throughout. This beautiful gifting edition is finished with a ribbon marker and gilt metallic blue page tops. 6¼'' x 4¼''. The King James Version is the definitive English translation of the Bible, unique in its influence on the culture and literature of the English-speaking world. Commissioned by James I in 1604, it took a committee of 47 pre-eminent… Read More

The Folio Society, 1995. Limited Edition First Printing. Quarter Leather. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rosoman, Leonard. The Folio Society's deluxe leather-bound edition, limited to only 100 hand-numbered copies for sale. Limitation page signed by the artist, Leonard Rosoman, at the rear of the book. Bound in publisher's quarter Nigerian Goatskin leather with Ann Muir hand-marbled paper boards. Titling in gilt to the spine. Top edges gilt. Printed on Hamilton Wove paper. 8 full-page colour plates by Leonard Rosoman, printed on Mohawk Superfine. xx, 276 pp. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The book is in fine condition with slight darkening to the leather spine. The cream slipcase has light marking to all sides. Between 1990 and 1995, The Folio Society produced nine limited editions of classic titles, each one signed by the artist. They were all quarter bound in Nigerian Goatskin with marbled paper sides by Ann Muir. The editions were limited to 100 or 150 numbered… Read More

London: Folio Society, 2021. First Edition, Second Impression Second Printing. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New copy in the publisher's wrapping, as received directly from The Folio Society. Stephen Hawking's landmark scientific work, 'A Brief History of Time', is presented as a striking Folio Society illustrated edition, exclusively introduced by Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees. In the three decades since its first publication, 'A Brief History of Time' has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than 10 million copies in 40 languages sold worldwide. Hawking's succinct style, coupled with a desire to reveal the elegance behind staggering scientific concepts, has illuminated the secrets of the universe for countless inquisitive readers. This stunning Folio collector's edition is beautifully bound in blocked cloth with printed paper sides, and includes a frontispiece and 16 pages of colour and black-and-white plates.… Read More

Halbert's Family Heritage, 1997. First Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Card covers. Very good with a few minor marks and slight fading to spine. Contents clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions or markings; light marking to page edges. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Penzance: United Writers, 1996. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Offered here are both titles in Stanley Barden's 'Burma Ruby' series, each with a letter from Barden to his grandchild laid in. The letters are printed with 'Michael' handwritten over tippex, and 'Stanley 2015' next to 'Love Granddad'. Two hardcover copies in unclipped dust jackets. All clean and bright with minimal wear. No bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Both novels are set in Burma during the final decades of the British Raj. Heavy/oversize. U.K. postage at default rate but overseas buyers may be asked for a little extra. Enquiries welcome. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: White Cube, 2013. First Edition First Printing. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Morris, Sarah. Catalogue published to accompany the Bye Bye Brazil exhibition of Sarah Morris's work at White Cube, Bermondsey, London, from 17 July - 29 September 2013. This is art critic, Richard Dorment's review copy with a letter to him from White Cube laid in. The catalogue includes essays by Roger Avary, screenwriter of 'Pulp Fiction', and Bettina Funcke, Senior Editor of 'Parkett'. Flexible thick card boards, printed white with a typically colourful design by Sarah Morris to upper. Looks like hardcover, feels like softcover. A bright copy with minor bumping. Contents clean, tight and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Scarce. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.