Authors starting with J from Byre Books

Aberdeen University Press Aberdeen 1st 1950 HB. 'A conjectural resolution of some of the difficulties in the plotting of Shakespeare's play'. A review is loosely laid in. Black cloth, slightly faded to the spine and slightly marked, internally VG, no DJ. 176pp. ... more information

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Gage Toronto 1st 1961 PB. Papers delivered at the 1960 Shakespeare seminar sponsored by the Universities of Canada in co-operation with the Stratford Festival theatre. Papers by Sisson, C.J ; Cook, John ; Huber, R.A and Davies, Robertson. VG - slight edge wear. 112pp. ... more information

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Robert Hale London 1978 HB. A romantic novel set in Regency England. First UK edition. Signed by the author to the title page. VG in lightly worn DJ. 187pp. ... more information

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Robert Hale London 1st 1982 HB. A romantic novel. Signed by the author to the title page. VG in lighly worn DJ, not price-clipped. 205pp. ... more information

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Scottish Academic Press Edinburgh 1st 1978 HB. A history of theories of the origins of planetary systems. VG, no inscriptions, in very slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ, not price-clipped. 266pp. ... more information

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Jonathan Cape London 1976 PB. A tragic poem in rhyming couplets, illustrated by Russell Davies. A satire on the literary world of the period. Also available, uniform with this, 'The Fate of Felicity Fark in the Land of the Media' and 'Britannia Bright's Bewilderment in the Wilderness of Westminster', each at £3.00. Cover a little sunned, generally VG, no inscriptions 78pp. ... more information

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Fountain Press London 1965 HB. Featuring the work of Carrillo, Hosoe, Goldblatt, Attie, McCullin and Munzig. VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped. 226pp. ... more information

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Correctional Service of Canada Ottawa 1990 PB. The work of prison chaplains in Canada, and a history of the changing prison system itself. Cover worn, internally VG. 220pp. ... more information

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Century London 1st edition 1987 HB. Novel set against the Scottish fishing industry during the late nineteenth century. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by the author on FFEP "With thanks for your friendship and encouragement". 244pp. ... more information

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Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans London 2nd 1852 HB. The second series of sacred and legendary art. Cover a little worn and marked, splits to spine, and wear head and tail, hinges weakening, some age spots to prelims, o/w sound and good 462pp. ... more information

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Samuel French London 1996 PB. Generally VG. 60pp. ... more information

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Methuen London 1984 PB. Good, occasional pencil annotation. 148pp. ... more information

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Barker Johnson Strath 1st 1965 HB. Signed by the author, and with a handwritten letter from the author to Mrs. Duncan, whose signature is on the ffep, loosely laid in. VG, rust mark from the paperclip that held the letter to the ffep, in edge-worn but generally VG DJ. 298pp. ... more information

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Applied Science London 1979 HB. Scarce title. Materials engineering and materials science. Fracture mechanics, statistical analysis of brittle fracture and much more. Ex academic library, in original publishers boards with minimal markings, a VG. clean copy in VG DJ. 378pp. ... more information

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Constable London 1984 PB. Fully revised and updated. VG 332pp. ... more information

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Eyre Methuen London 1979 PB. A radical reconsideration of attitudes to work and leisure. Ex academic library but minimal markings, generally a good clean copy in hard laminated illustrative library binding. 182pp. ... more information

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Suffolk Preservation Society Sudbury 1st 1980 HB. Conservation of Historic Suffolk, buildings, expansion, battles, planning, changes, decline failures and successes over fifty years. With maps in text, some line drawings and b&w. photogr. ills. VG with slight crease to head of spine in a vg lightly sunned to spine unprice clipped dustjacket. 170pp. ... more information

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John Murray London 1959 HB. Reprint. In the Wisdom of the East series. The 300 Poems was a collection made by a Chinese scholar in the 18C. These are in translation, with notes. Pages yellowed and slightly marked, generally VG in lightly worn, price-clipped, good DJ. 95pp. ... more information

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A.S. Barnes and Co. NewJersey 1977 HB. Coach types. Chapters upon the Coach horse in General, the Cleveland Bay, the Friesian, the Hackney, the Hanoverian, the Morgan, the Oldenburg + two further chapters on The British Royal Mews and the Netherlands Golden Coach. Ex-lib, minimal markings (one stamp to back free endpaper) generally VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ, not price-clipped. 133pp. ... more information

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Basil Blackwell Oxford 1st edition 1981 HB. The Diffusion of Textile Technologies between Britain and America, 1790-1830s. An examination of the transatlantic technological flow in cotton spinning, power-loom weaving, calico printing and woollen manufacture. Ex academic library but minimal markings, generally a good clean copy in good DJ. 384pp. ... more information

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