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

Hess Art Collection, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Fine, unread copy. Crisp, clean, bright and tight. Boards square and sharp. 112 pp. Full-page, colour plates plus text ills. Out-of-print and scarce.

Hess Art Collection, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. German language text. Hardcover. Fine, unread copy. Crisp, clean, bright and tight. Boards square and sharp. 112 pp. Full-page, colour plates plus text ills. Out-of-print and scarce.

London: Charles Daly, 1892. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Attractively bound copy of the poetical works of English poet, surgeon, and clergyman, George Crabbe (1754-1832) with a life by Allan Cunningham and illustrations. Olive green cloth with intricate gilt decoration to upper and lower boards and spine. Fading to spine but still attractive and titling still legible. All edges gilt: bright with minimal dust-soiling to top. xvi, 523 pp + 8 pp publisher's ads. Portrait frontispiece and numerous engraved plates, all with tissue-guards, only one of which is detached. Light yellow endpapers; front free endpaper missing. 1851? ink inscription to front blank. Age-toning to paper, particularly to margins of plates but illustrations themselves are clean. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. An attractive copy with beautiful engraved illustrations. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset: Richard Dennis, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean and bright without chips or tears. Brown cloth gilt: clean and bright without bumps. Contents clean, white and fresh without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. No date or edition statement. First published in 1996 and believed to be that first edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 'Gifts for Good Children' is the first book of its kind to identify the many manufacturers involved with the production of children's china. The author leads us through technical developments and social and economic changes showing how these are reflected in the decoration and production of the ware. Images on nursery wares tend to stay with us for life and, while most of the early wares were inspired by children's literature, later examples were more innovative. Extensive research into factory… Read More

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1907. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Robertson, W. Graham. 1907 first edition with 8 pages of publisher's ads. to the rear. Three plays "written for the Woman and for her entertainment performed", illustrated with twelve, stunning, full-page colour illustrations by the author. 'Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh: A Twelfth Night Pageant for a Baby Girl; 'The Wishing Well: A Pageant for a Year-Old Woman' and 'A Masque of Midsummer Eve: A Warning to All Babies and To One Especially'. Bound in blue cloth, lettered and decorated in yellow and black. Top page edges blue. Binding a little worn, corners and spine tips rubbed. Page edges toned with light spotting. Ex Libris book plate and owner's neat inscription to front endpapers. Paper lightly toned. Minor spotting to front and back matter. A row of ink dots to top edge of a few illustration pages. Overall a good copy of this… Read More

Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean and bright without chips or tears and presents as fine despite minor foxing to verso. Binding clean, square and sharp. Minor spotting to page edges. Contents clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or markings. 416 pp; b/w ills. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.