Search Results: Titles starting with J from Besleys Books

London; New York: J. A. Allen & Co. Ltd. , 1981. Hardback with a protective dust-wrapper. 29.5cm x 23cm. 176pp. With 116 illustrations, some of which are colour plates, some monochrome reproductions of paintings, some photographs and engravings. Slight edge wear to d/w. A very pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (ar13). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: J.G. Harrod, 1872. Paper wraps. [6], 805, [4], 65pp ads. 21.5cm x 15cm. Wraps worn. Hand written title to spine. Loss to head and tail of spine. First and last few pages soiled and worn. Moderate spotting throughout.. 3rd Edition. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Ipswich: The J.D.W. Transport Company Limited , 1980. Booklet, stapled. 40pp. Illus. Covers a little grubby. Previous owner's private label to inside front cover. A very decent copy. (ar37). Soft Cover. Very Good.

United Kingdom: John Murray, 2006. No D/J (soft cover) The book is in good used condition. (minor signs of shelf wear) This is the first of two volumes of Betjeman's selected letters, which cover his life from university days through to his period on the staff of The Architectural Review and as editor of The Shell Guides in the thirties, his time as Press Attache in Dublin in the War and his own individual initiatives as a broadcaster on radio and TV and as public speaker which established him as both an enthusiast and an authority in a wide range of fields, Literary, Atristic and Architectural. The letters include some written to T S Eliot, Cyril Connolly, Evelyn Waughand and John Piper amongst others. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Soft cover. Good/No D/J.

United Kingdom: John Murray, 2006. No D/J (soft cover) The book is in good used condition. John Betjeman was the best-loved English poet since Tennyson and became an institution - a 'teddy bear of the nation'. This biography takes the reader from Bentjeman's troubled childhood in North London, through his blossoming at Oxford; a gay fling with W H Auden; a clandestine marriage to a field marshal's daughter; pranks as a film critic; wartime service and probable espionage in Ireland, to the glory days of his later years when his collected poems became a runaway bestseller. This book is a distillation of Bevis Hillier's three-volume biography, authorized by Betjeman himself. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Soft cover. Good/No D/J.

Devon: Readers Union, 1976. D/J is good, with v/minor signs of shelf wear. The book is in good used condition. Nona Epton's biography offers a portrait of Josephine not only as the central figure of a new golden age of French Imperialism, but more especially in her most intimate role as wife and mother. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good/Good.

London: Pelham Books, 1978. D/J is good, with small tear to bottom of back. The book is in good used condition. Just here, Doctor is the true story of a country doctor and his patients. and one of the most heartwarming stories to come out of medicine. Comedy, Pathos, Drama, Tragedy: the rich mixture of experiences which make up the life of a country general practitioner are all here. Among the episodes described are: The doctor's ride out on a gigantic horse to attend a hunt casualty. and his ride back in an ambulance as the casualty. The courage of ordinary people in the face of pain, illness, and the knowledge of imminent death. The home delivery of a cricket fan's baby in between overs of a televised test match. His student days. and possibly the most drunken rugby tour of France even by a team of medical students. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good/Good.

Editions Solar, 1989. Hardback, laminated pictorial boards. Text in French. 126pp. Colour illustrations by Jim McQueen. A few bumps to extremities. Private ownership. (bs109). Illus. by McQueen, Jim. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Lowestoft: Panda Books Publishing, 1983. Paperback. 105pp. 25.5cm x 20.5cm. 137 photographic plates. A little edge wear to covers.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Panda, 1991. Paperback. 113pp. Illustrated. Spine slightly faded, but a very good copy with only the slightest wear. (P5). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Lowestoft: Rushmere Publishing, 1992. Paperback. 124pp. 21cm x 15cm. Illustrated by Dean Parkin. 1st edition 1992. Front cover slightly creased. Lowestoft anecdotes.. Illus. by Parkin, Dean. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Panda Books , 1991. Paperback. 113pp. Illustrated. Inscribed by Jack Rose to titlepage. Spine slightly faded. A very pleasing copy. (q14). Inscribed By Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Panda Books, 1981. Paperback. 119pp. Illus. Edge wear to covers. Previous owner's label to inside front cover. Some dried glue marks to inside rear cover. Private ownership. (p21). Soft Cover. Good.

London: Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Hardback, pictorial front board, new spine, inner hinges re-inforced. 24 full-page colour plates. nd. [circa1914]. Boards slightly marked and rubbed to extremities. Previous owner's name and gift message to half-title. Rear free end-paper trimmed down. A rather pleasing copy. (q29). Hard Cover. Good.

London: John G. Wilson , 1923. Hardback, cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. Top edge gilt. 22.5cm x 17.5cm. ix, 85pp. Inscribed by William Seymour to front free end-paper. 1st edition 1923. Spine slightly faded. Foxing to edges. A pleasing copy. (r28). Inscribed By Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Richmond: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1922. Hardback, original orange cloth. 20cm x 13.5cm. First edition of Woolf's third novel. Protagonist Jacob Flanders' story is told through the narrative of the women who interact with him throughout his life. One of 1200 copies of the first of Virginia Woolf's novels to be published by the Hogarth Press. 290pp + 14pp adverts at rear. 1st edition, 1st impression 1922. Ex-Boots library copy, with label removed from front board, with label to rear pastedown. Binding is grubby and worn, spine frayed, paper label to spine worn. Inner joints weak, some occasional foxing. A good reading copy. (bs28). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair.

China: National Museum of History, 1990. Paperback. Text in English and Chinese. 96pp. Numerous colour illustrations. Covers slightly edge worn. A decent copy. (bs0). Soft Cover. Good.

London: Luzac & Co. Ltd. , 1961. Hardback, green cloth. 67pp. Spine faded. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. A very pleasing copy. (bs11). Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Dover Publications, 1974. Paperback in a protective cover. 370pp. With 68 b&w plates and 204 text figures. Covers a little worn. A pleasing copy. (bs62). Soft Cover. Good +.

Sutton Publishing, 1998. 24.0 x 17.0 cms. Pp. 160. Well illustrated. Slight wear to extremities.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.