Search Results: Authors starting with A from Besleys Books

Herbert Jenkins Press, 1947. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 256pp. 1947 First Printing. Owner's name in free front end-paper, Ex Libris sticker on front paste-down, ex library. Pages a little aged. Wear to front and back cover and spine faded and worn. Good reading copy. (bs2). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Time-Life Books, Amsterdam., 1984. No D/J. The book is in good used condition. The Time Life Seafarers series, this book looks at the Clipper ships, with wonderful images and illustrations, a good easy flowing text, and a delightful chapter on "The Cutty Sark". The book will suite all ages from mid to late teens, and upwards. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sixth European English Edition. Simualted leather. Good/No D/J.

London: Bell & Daldy, 1861. Hardback, gilt title to spine and front board. Edges gilt. 18cm x 13.5cm. Binding is somewhat faded. Private ownership. (a8). Hard Cover. Good +.

Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute , 1823. Hardback, full-calf by A. Birdsall, gilt title to later spine label. Marbled edges and end-papers. xv, 574pp. 7 plates, including 2 folding. 1st edition 1823. Half-title is present. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn to extremities. A nice clean copy. (an18). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Australia: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Pty. Ltd., 1945. D/J has some shelf wear/tear around edges. The book is tight and clean. The Author of this remarkable novel has a deft touch in characterization and a genuine talent for plot construction and story-telling. The time is the mid 1890s. The setting: a small outback town in Australia. Harry Ford, the postmaster, is opening other people's mail. They say nothing ever happens in small towns, but there's plenty to set tongue a-wagging in this neighborhood: adultery, blackmail, disappearances, poisonings. etc. A real good read, but also a real collectors piece. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good.

London: A & C Black, 1921. No D/J. The book is in good used condition. With illustrations by Albert Woods, this book gives a colourful and in-depth look at this very historical county. Rare and Collectible. You will receive the book seen in the image.. Illus. by Albert Woods. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

London: Vernor and Hood, 1802. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 2 works bound into one. First work: Pp. vii, 64, 128, 8 engraved plates. Second work: pp. (8), 220, frontis and 13 engraved plates. 22.5cm x 14.5cm. Original paper-covered boards, new spine and end-papers. Plates erratically numbered, some bound after the second work, possibly belonging to the first work. Fore corners rubbed, slight abrasions and small losses to paper on boards. Pages uncut. The author's name of A.C.H. is that of the writer of the preface.. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Primrose Hill Press Ltd, 1997. Paperback. 109pp. Wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Covers a little grubby. Clean inside. A brilliant copy. (bs117). Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Parker, Agnes Miller.

London.: W H & L Collingridge Ltd No D/J. The book is in good used condition. inscription front free end paper dated 1935. here we have a Book/Dictionary which covers all you need to know about gardens and how to do things the old fashioned way. Listed in Alphabetical sequence the culture and propagation of hardy and half-hardy plants, trees and shrubs, orchids, ferns, fruit, vegetables, hothouse and greenhouse plants, and much, much more. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Revised. Cloth. Good/No D/J.

Paternoster Row: Haughton & Co, 1878. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 152pp. nd. [circa1878]. First edition. Gilt titles to spine and front board. Binding somewhat worn. Inscription to half title page. A rather pleasing copy. (R26). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: A. T. Kearney Limited , 2000. Paperback, spiral bound. 30cm x 21cm. Numerous colour illustrations. nd. [circa2000]. Slightest wear. A very pleasing copy. (al12) . Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1877. Hardback, pictorial boards. 72pp. Complete with 11 colour plates. Losses to spine, extremities of boards worn. One plate with torn corner and small loss. Private ownership. (al32). Hard Cover. Good.

Norwich: Jarrold & Sons Ltd, 1938. Paperback. 55pp. 18.5cm x 12.5cm. 1st edition 1938. Covers a little chipped and marked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1885. Hardback, gilt title to spine and front board. 192pp, 16pp of publisher's ads. nd. [circa1885]. Edges gilt. Binding a little grubby and worn. Some occasional foxing to contents. A rather pleasing copy. (bs24). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London.: W H & L Collingridge Ltd No D/J. The book is tight and clean. I Hate to say this, but here we have a book which would be waisted on many of todays lady's, who would i am sure be lost before they finished reading the foreword" " Having said that i am sure that there must be some lady's, (and may be some men) out there who would appreciate this wonderful book" Which covers everything from flower arrangement including a chapter on flowers for graves. We then move on to room and window plants, and then we have a chapter for vegetables, gathering vegetables, storing vegetables, salads of many kinds, Herbs and their uses. Moving on to home grown fruits, which includes bottling fruits, and making jams + jelly's, also wine, and fruit drink making. There is also a chapter on such things, as Fragrances preserved, Cures and small ailments, pressing and mounting Flowers and leaves. "Oh, The way we used to be, what a wonderful life" For more information… Read More

London: J. Roberts, 1731. Hardback. First edition, first issue 1731. No half-title. 34pp. Boards a little faded. A very pleasing copy. (bs44). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: W. Ward, 1716. Pamphlet, no covers. 56pp. A little wear only. A pleasing copy. (a5). Soft Cover. Good.

London: Griffith & Farran, 1881. Hardback, with protective cover. 159pp,31pp (publisher ads). nd [circa1881]. Frontis. A little wear to extremities. Some spotting to pages. A decent copy. (bs134). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London ; Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 1870. Hardback, gilt title to front board. Boards decoratively blind-stamped. Edges gilt. Frontis + 60pp. 14.5cm x 9.5cm. nd. [circa 1870] Not recorded in any UK library. Spine and to corner of rear board slightly marked with black ink. Top corners of last few pages also marked with black ink. Frontis age-discoloured. Previous owner's details to front pastedown. Private ownership. (q8). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Bath. England: Adams & Dart, 1971. D/J is good, but price clipped. The book is in good used condition, with small booksellers paste-on to front end paper. In this book Mr leeson traces the origins of these emblems, their connection with the old craft guilds and the changes brought about as the Trade Union movement developed, and describes the men involved in their conception and design. The story is told in a compact and informative text and with 32 full-page reproductions, four in colour. You will receive the book seen in the image.. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.